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The authorities have sought to downplay the scale of the violence.

While Putin has condemned Soviet-era crimes, authorities typically downplay them and the victims of repression are often given short shrift in history textbooks.

But some security officials downplay those dangers - not only because those cables can be physically protected and monitored - but because of Beijing's capacity for large cyber-espionage.

Meanwhile, critics say OpenAI has downplayed the potential mental health implications of its AI tools which they charge are being built with few guardrails in the pursuit of profits.

Spain's minority government on Tuesday downplayed the loss of support of a Catalan separatist party which heightened doubt about the fragile leftist coalition's survival.