Piro built Israel-funded Hanover Institute to shape how chatbots discuss Gaza
Government · Curated reporting
Source report: 2026-08-17 · Event: Date not established
Read original story ↗Communications firm Piro created the Hanover Institute for Public Policy on behalf of Israel's government advertising agency, Responsible Statecraft reported. The site presented reports without named authors in the style of an independent research institute. Piro also markets a service designed to make its clients' narratives more visible in AI answers, bringing a foreign-funded communications campaign into the sources chatbots may use.
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Sources
- Responsible Statecraft: Hanover Institute investigation ↗
- Piro: AI Story Optimization service ↗
- Politico: Israeli PR and chatbot answers, August 14 ↗