AI

Combating Israel's 'brain drain': Inside Hebrew University's new medical education center

The new center aims to combat Israel's so-called 'brain drain', in which an increasing number of Israelis are receiving extensive education overseas and remain elsewhere, just as Israel may need them

Steven H. Lavin
An illustrative photo of a laptop displaying the Iranian flag, representing Iran in a digital or cyber context, March 27, 2026.

Iran spread anti-Israel, US disinformation to global media through fake journalists, OpenAI says

Jonathan Greenblatt, CEO & National Director, ADL

ADL Head discusses AI, J7, and staying focused and united at Diplomatic Conference

ATM

AI agents threaten bank profits


Israeli distribution group Phoenix Brokers acquires AdvisorOS, launches AI and innovation unit

Platform founder Adi Lev will lead the group’s AI strategy, with plans to improve customer service, support agents and streamline operations.

Phoenix Brokers CEO Oren Cohen.

Spotify down for international users, Downdetector report shows

More than 17,000 US users reported issues with Spotify as of 10:12 a.m. ET, while more than 11,000 users reported issues with Claude, according to Downdetector.

 Spotify

AI researchers say companies rush self-improving systems, ignoring potentially disastrous risks

Neel Nanda, a research scientist at DeepMind, said he believed there was at least a 10% chance that AI could lead to human extinction, which he described as "ridiculously high."

"The real danger of AI isn’t a robot apocalypse - it’s biased data quietly deciding human fate."

'Virtuous' AI company: Anthropic leaders control AI lab via new 'Founder LLC' to serve public good

Anthropic's filing said one of its core advantages is that it has "a culture that promotes a low-ego, truth-seeking environment, where frontier AI capability and safety are mutually reinforcing."

CEO of Anthropic Dario Amodei, addresses the gathering at the AI Impact Summit, in New Delhi, India, February 19, 2026.

Farewell from the Report: reflecting on three years of upheaval - from the editor

On the third anniversary of October 7, Editor-in-Chief, Ruth Marks Eglash reflects on a year at The Jerusalem Report and bids readers farewell

A partially torn poster of a hostage kidnapped in the deadly October 7 attack on Israel by the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas is seen at a public plaza in front of the Tel Aviv Museum of Art.

Ben-Gvir allegedly using bot network in campaign against political rivals

Ben-Gvir reportedly has ties to a coordinated network of more than 100 social media accounts used to target his political rivals.

Israeli National Security Minister and Otzma Yehudit party chairman Itamar Ben Gvir and fellow party member Tali Gottlieb attend a press conference ahead of the upcoming general elections, in Jerusalem, September 22, 2026

WATCH: AI could 'kill billions' if used by bad actors, Bill Gates warns

"We have created an intelligent species that in many respects is already smarter than we are," Gates said, adding that the risk of AI lies in people using it with bad intentions.

Bill Gates attends the 56th annual World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting in Davos, Switzerland, January 21, 2026.

AI companies investigating possible future of rights, protection for artificial intelligence agents

The question, which until recently might have sounded like the premise of a science-fiction film, has given rise to a field of research known as "AI welfare."

Ilustration of ethics in Artificial Intelligence.

China, US agree to $30 billion tariff cut, AI dialogue following Xi-Trump summit in Washington

China's president Xi Jinping met US President Donald Trump following the United Nations General Assembly in New York and agreed to tariff cuts and open dialogue on AI.

US President Donald Trump speaks with Chinese President Xi Jinping while leaving after a visit to the Zhongnanhai Garden in Beijing, China, May 15, 2026.

Using babies, Israeli study reveals why AI fails to truly understand animal calls

Even as AI masters human language, a groundbreaking Israeli study reveals a fundamental flaw in how AI decodes the animal kingdom: It hears the volume and pitch, but misses the point.

German shepherd barking (illustrative)