diff --git a/app/views/list/related_topics.html.erb b/app/views/list/related_topics.html.erb
index 27703799..bd7cb4c7 100644
--- a/app/views/list/related_topics.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/list/related_topics.html.erb
@@ -40,19 +40,6 @@
                   </div>
                 <% end %>
               </div>
-              <% if t.pinned_until && (t.pinned_until > Time.zone.now) && (t.pinned_globally || t.category) && t.excerpt %>
-                <p class='excerpt'>
-                  <%= t.excerpt.html_safe %>
-                </p>
-              <% end %>
-            </td>
-            <td class='posters'>
-              <% t.posters.each do |poster| %>
-                <a href="<%= Discourse.base_url %>/u/<%= poster.user.username %>" class="<%= poster.extras %>">
-                  <%- poster_name_and_description = h(poster.name_and_description) %>
-                  <img width="25" height="25" src="<%= poster.user.avatar_template.gsub('{size}', '25') %>" class="avatar" title='<%= poster_name_and_description %>' aria-label='<%= poster_name_and_description %>'>
-                </a>
-              <% end %>
             </td>
             <td class="replies">
               <span class='posts' title='<%= t 'posts' %>'><%= t.posts_count - 1 %></span>
diff --git a/lib/embeddings/semantic_related.rb b/lib/embeddings/semantic_related.rb
index af03f806..da813703 100644
--- a/lib/embeddings/semantic_related.rb
+++ b/lib/embeddings/semantic_related.rb
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ module DiscourseAi
         topic = topic_view&.topic
         return "" if !topic
 
-        related_topics ||= SemanticTopicQuery.new(nil).list_semantic_related_topics(topic).topics
+        related_topics = SemanticTopicQuery.new(nil).list_semantic_related_topics(topic).topics
 
         return "" if related_topics.empty?
 
diff --git a/lib/embeddings/strategies/truncation.rb b/lib/embeddings/strategies/truncation.rb
index 39d8871f..6f57b12c 100644
--- a/lib/embeddings/strategies/truncation.rb
+++ b/lib/embeddings/strategies/truncation.rb
@@ -28,14 +28,20 @@ module DiscourseAi
         def topic_information(topic)
           info = +""
 
-          info << topic.title
-          info << "\n\n"
-          info << topic.category.name if topic&.category&.name
-          if SiteSetting.tagging_enabled
+          if topic&.title.present?
+            info << topic.title
             info << "\n\n"
-            info << topic.tags.pluck(:name).join(", ")
           end
-          info << "\n\n"
+          if topic&.category&.name.present?
+            info << topic.category.name
+            info << "\n\n"
+          end
+          if SiteSetting.tagging_enabled && topic&.tags.present?
+            info << topic.tags.pluck(:name).join(", ")
+            info << "\n\n"
+          end
+
+          info
         end
 
         def topic_truncation(topic, tokenizer, max_length)