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By Ellen Huet

October 1, 2024 at 5:03 PM UTC

Ah, chain letters. If you were alive in the 1990s, you may remember their first digital manifestation (emails!), and now, as Bloomberg tech reporter Ellen Huet writes, you can enjoy the 2024 version: a viral Instagram post, pretending to be something serious and official about AI. It’s not. Plus: What happened to India’s stock market after Hindenburg Research accused the Adani Group of fraud.

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