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BALL BALLS
After the British Museum got into bed with Reliance Industries (which imports Russian oil), Donald Trump of all people made the museum look bad.

HOW PR WORKS?
A UK PR firm boss working for an Israeli arms firm said her firm had placed in the press the claim Iran was funding Palestine Action, according to a witness.

FOCUS ON AI
X is tweaking its algorithm to allow Grok, the company's AI model with a very patchy track record, to decide what content on the platform to recommend.

GEMINI'S BAD SIGN
Google's Gemini AI has confidently been citing a debunked quote about "slaughtering all the Jews" attributed to a top Hamas official.

ANTI-SOCIAL MEDIA
The Online Safety Act is facing its first test after Ofcom fined the 4chan website for failing to respond to questions about its compliance with the act.

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