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.

Yossi Karadi, December, 2025.
The Google logo is seen on the Google house at CES 2024, an annual consumer electronics trade show, in Las Vegas, Nevada, US, January 10, 2024.

Google's new AI system personalizes search results based on users' emails, photos

Dr. Micha Breakstone: An entrepreneur who sold his AI company for $575m turns to decoding human cells.

Dr. Micha Breakstone: Entrepreneur who sold his AI company for $575m turns to decoding human cells

(From right): Rony Shalit, Dr. Nava Shaked, Professor Eduard Yakubov, and Samuel Goldberg

Experts warn of risks as next-generation AI moves toward autonomous decision-making


OpenAI ends ChatGPT’s most hated writing habit, allowing users to remove em dashes from text

It's a "small but happy victory." OpenAI's Sam Altman confirms the fix for the infamous ChatGPT em dash. The tech company now gives users control over its most criticized punctuation symbol.

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Artificial intelligence is reshaping online shopping - but when AI buys, who’s liable? - opinion

Billions of consumers are placing online orders in a global shopping wave. Behind the scenes, risk management teams prep for surges in claims, returns, and fraud.

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OpenAI launches GPT-5.1 with thinking modes for smarter, warmer, candid, quirky chat

Rollout begins for paid ChatGPT Pro, Plus, and business subscribers, with free access to follow, as the company touts improved instruction following and adaptive reasoning.

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Which major power can best control future of AI? Public opinion split worldwide

The study, conducted across 25 countries, found that the European Union (EU) receives the highest overall confidence levels, with roughly half of respondents saying the bloc can manage AI responsibly

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Israel invests $650K in maritime surveillance AI

According to the statement, Ashdod Port Company, which oversees Israel's largest port, invested $650,000 in Petah Tikva-based Azimut.ai, a specialist in maritime surveillance.

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Physicians who skip AI could face malpractice claims, health leaders say

Nearly 1,000 clinicians, researchers, and tech executives attend Lema’anchem’s third annual conference at Reichman University on AI in medicine.

Clinicians, researchers, and tech executives attend Lema’anchem’s third annual conference at Reichman University on AI in medicine.

Sweet Security closes USD 75 million funding round, bolstering Cloud and AI real-time protection

Sweet Security secures USD 75 million to expand its Runtime CNAPP and AI protection globally. The firm, founded by elite IDF veterans, now secures models and the full AI lifecycle.

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Tenzai raises $75M to protect code written by AI

Tel Aviv-based cybersecurity startup Tenzai emerges from stealth with one of the largest seed rounds in industry history, aiming to revolutionize penetration testing with autonomous AI

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AI-assisted system could revolutionize early cancer detection

In earlier times, cells would have to be hand-checked, in a process that took time and effort and offered little reward. MAGIC allows for scientists to check over 100,000 cells in a single day.

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Apple CEO reveals: New Siri will include artificial intelligence – launch coming soon

During an investor call, Apple CEO Tim Cook revealed that the next-generation Siri will launch soon, highlighting good progress on a smarter, more personalized voice assistant.

Siri will operate iPhone apps using artificial intelligence.