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Israeli researchers develop method letting AI teach itself without human-generated data

Unlike conventional AI training, which depends on enormous quantities of existing information, the new approach allows models to build predictive capabilities before encountering real-world material.

An illustrative image of a brain with artificial intelligence (AI).
'Voices Etched in Memory - Open Memorial Space', designed by architect Lihi Davidovich Ein Gedi

Tel Aviv University unveils October 7 memorial honoring victims of attack

Tel Aviv University’s 2026 Honorary Degrees Ceremony Recipients

Tel Aviv University Honors US Envoy Steve Witkoff and Hostage Advocate Einav Zangauker at Ceremony

Josef & Bareket Buchmann at a concert of the Buchmann-Mehta School of Music Symphony Orchestra at the 2005 TAU Board of Governors

Josef Buchmann: A legacy that lives on


Writing for love’s sake: The poetic world of Gad Kaynar-Kissinger - interview

Gad Kaynar-Kissinger channels his childhood wounds, Jewish-German ancestry into poetry that provokes and reveals.

Kaynar-Kissinger and his fellow actor brother, Doron, (L) put on a Holocaust-related stage production in Germany.

Ronen Bar warns: Without a full probe, Israel is ‘condemning itself to the next October 7’

In his own address on Tuesday evening, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu acknowledged the need for an unaffiliated committee of inquiry to investigate the failings of October 7. 

Former Shin Bet head at Tel Aviv University's Cyber Week conference, December 9, 2025.

Israel unprepared for foreign interference ahead of 2026 election, comptroller warns

The digital front is fast becoming one of the most vulnerable points in democracy. “During an election year, the threat intensifies and may endanger the democratic process itself,” Englman said.

(Illustrative) A man casts his ballot at a voting station on the morning of the municipal elections, in Ashdod, February 27, 2024

China using cyber weapons to instill societal havoc, chaos across US and West - CISA official

This is a shift over the last decade or so, given that Moscow was once considered the number one cyber threat.

Chinese military personnel in a hi-tech government hacking room (illustrative)

Bennett: First acts as PM will be to cancel haredi draft bill, politicized probe into Oct. 7

Bennett addressed the current attempt by the government to pass a law which critics say will only moderately increase haredi service in the IDF, at the Cyber Week conference at Tel Aviv University.

Former prime minister Naftali Bennett speaks at the annual Cyber Week, at Tel Aviv University, December 9, 2025

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.

11th Cyber Battalion concludes their in-depth engagement to US Army Cyber Command's leadership and Mr. Brandon Pugh, Principal Cyber Advisor to the Secretary of the Army on July 21, 2025, at Fort Gordon, GA.

'What I always enjoyed about studying at TAU was learning how to approach new problems'

WATCH: Omer David Keilaf, Co-Founder and CEO of Innoviz Technologies, in conversation with Jake Laznik, Senior Breaking News Desk Manager, The Jerusalem Post.  

Omer David Keilaf, Co-Founder and CEO of Innoviz Technologies, in conversation with Jake Laznik, Senior Breaking News Desk Manager, The Jerusalem Post.

New satellite tool maps Israeli forests from space, supporting forest management

“It is important to remember that remote-sensing tools like the one developed in this study cannot replace the field survey in the coming years,” said a KKL-JNF statement

 ESA launches Biomass satellite to map Earth's forests and measure carbon storage.

Digital attention exercises reduce soldiers’ PTSD risk, study shows

In two years of war, more than 3,700 Israeli soldiers have been diagnosed with PTSD, while another 9,000 have applied for recognition.

Soldiers take a break at the border with Gaza. The battle against PTSD is a moral and national imperative.

'Defense-Tech Nation': Israel prepares new spectrum of weapons for next Iran war

Defense Ministry's Amir Baram warned that "Iran's rapid force buildup in air defense and ballistic missile capabilities" driven by "its extremist ideology" means that "all fronts are still open."

Artificial intelligence and humanity.