Artificial intelligence

Tower jumps on $1.3b silicon photonics contracts

The Israeli chipmaker reported first quarter revenue of $414 million, up 15% from the corresponding quarter of 2025

In January, Israel’s Ministry of Defense signed a multi-year contract with Semiconductor Devices valued at approximately $115 million (NIS 380 million).
A person holding a smartphone displaying an AI folder with icons for ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Claude, and Grok among a backdrop of greenery.

Anthropic says Claude mimicked extortion after absorbing tales of malevolent machines

SMARTSHOOTER's SMASH 3000

Israeli defense-tech company secures $10.7 million contract with US to supply AI-powered system

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Forget the model wars, the real AI challenge is orchestration -opinion


The Hormuz digital chokepoint: How does the Iran war threaten subsea cables? - explainer

Subsea cables are fiber-optic or electrical cables laid on the sea floor to transmit data and power. They carry around 99% of the world's internet traffic.

US forces patrol the Arabian Sea near M/V Touska on April 20, 2026, after firing upon the Iranian-flagged vessel that the US accused of attempting to violate the US naval blockade of Iranian ports near the Strait of Hormuz.

Fintech leader Ely Razin speaks on how AI, quantum computing will revolutionize industries

Ely Razin talks AI evolution, the shift to edge AI, and data scarcity in an exclusive interview with The Jerusalem Post, highlighting the challenges of scaling AI.

Fintech leader Ely Razin speaks on how AI, quantum computing will revolutionize industries

Google signs Pentagon deal to provide AI models for classified government work

The Pentagon is seeking to preserve all flexibility in defense and not be limited by warnings from the technology's creators against powering weapons with unreliable AI.

FILE PHOTO: Google's logo during the CERAWeek energy conference 2026 in Houston, Texas, U.S., March 24, 2026.

How much power should you give your AI? - opinion

Forget fully autonomous everything. A new Pentagon deal shows why the future belongs to AI that boosts human performance, not AI that removes humans from the loop

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Hundreds of Google employees urge CEO not to sign deal with Pentagon in open letter

The letter stated that the signatories feel their “proximity to this technology creates a responsibility to highlight and prevent its most unethical and dangerous uses.”

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Italian archaeologists use AI to generate image of Pompeii victim for first time

It is based on the recent discovery of the remains of a male adult, just outside one of the southern gates of the city, lying next to a terracotta mortar that he presumably used as protection.

AI-generated image of man fleeing the eruption of  Mount Vesuvius in 79 CE, April 27, 2026.

AI startup Mercor faces mass litigation following data breach - report

In early April, extortion-hacker group Lapsus$ took credit for hacking Mercor, claiming to have stolen four terabytes of data.

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Omer Adam’s AI company signs billion-dollar deal with AI infrastructure giant Crusoe

Anan, Adam's company, is set to establish and operate a 40-megawatt server farm for Crusoe. This facility will be located at Anan's data center in the northern city of Afula.

(L-R) Nissim Sariel-Gaon, Omer Adam, and Maor Malul

What Anthropic’s Mythos means for cybersecurity and what it takes to prevail now - opinion

In a world where AI can autonomously discover and exploit weaknesses, defense must become autonomous as well.

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SpaceX warns that inquiries into sexually abusive AI imagery may hurt market access

SpaceX’s regulatory filing reveals potential market access risks due to investigations into xAI’s involvement in generating harmful imagery.

The SpaceX building, as the company prepares to file for an initial public offering (IPO), in Hawthorne, California, April 23, 2026.