Artificial intelligence
Israel's cyber chief predicts cyberwar between offensive, defensive AI agents
Israel's National Cyber Directorate handled a 55% increase of cyberattacks in 2025 compared to the previous year, Yossi Karadi revealed at the Cybertech Conference in Tel Aviv.
Google's new AI system personalizes search results based on users' emails, photos
Dr. Micha Breakstone: Entrepreneur who sold his AI company for $575m turns to decoding human cells
Experts warn of risks as next-generation AI moves toward autonomous decision-making
Americans tune out news as social media becomes main source of information, Pew finds
When asked about artificial intelligence (AI), a negligible percentage reported regularly receiving news from AI sources such as ChatGPT.
Israel joins Pax Silica Initiative, US-led coalition aimed at fortifying global AI industry
The director of Israel’s National Economic Council, Avi Simhon, called Israel’s participation in Pax Silica “a badge of honor for the State of Israel and the Israeli high-tech industry.”
Grapevine, December 12, 2025: Regressing, not progressing
Movers and shakers in Israeli society.
OpenAI, Microsoft sued in California state court for allegedly enabling murder-suicide
The lawsuit said that ChatGPT fueled 56-year-old Stein-Erik Soelberg's delusions of a vast conspiracy against him and eventually led him to murder his 83-year-old mother, Suzanne Adams.
Trump says he will sign order curbing state AI laws
US President Trump announces plans to sign an executive order on AI, aiming to create a national standard to preempt state laws governing the technology.
Israeli orgs. face approx. 2,000 cyberattacks per week, Check Point finds
The telecommunication and transportation sectors are targeted significantly more than the global average amid new security vulnerabilities fuelled by AI use.
Disney to invest $1 billion in OpenAI, license characters for Sora video tool
Disney announces a deal that allows Sora and ChatGPT Images to start generating videos using licensed Disney characters.
ADL says bots can be tricked into antisemitism — if you feed them a really elaborate prompt
According to the study, “All four LLMs [large-language models] exhibited measurable anti-Jewish and anti-Israel bias, though the degree and nature of bias varied across models.”
US army cyber chief: 'Public doesn't know full cyber successes against adversaries' - exclusive
America is combining cyber and electronic warfare in the field in revolutionary ways, Pugh says.
AI infighting: Patients use bots to fight health insurance claim denials
AI in health insurance has led to an increase in denied claims, with 41% of doctors reporting that more than 10% of their claims are denied.
