Tag: Artificial Intelligence
WJC announces new tech institute and report on AI-fueled Holocaust denial
The World Jewish Congress (WJC) has stepped up efforts to counter the rising threats from artificial intelligence to inflame online hate.
On Tuesday, the organization announced the WJC Institute for Technology and Human Rights, along with its first...
Israel and Guatemala sign scientific-technological accord
Israel and Guatemala have reached an agreement to promote scientific and technological cooperation between the two countries, furthering bilateral relations amid global calls for boycotting Israel over the war with Hamas.
The accord was signed...
Israelis develop AI-powered bot to fight antisemites online
A free browser extension—a software module for customizing a web browser—developed by Israelis uses generative artificial intelligence to combat antisemitism and Holocaust denial by automatically creating draft posts to rebut the claims, without requiring human intervention.
"Savee,...
Netanyahu meets Musk in California, kicking off weeklong US trip
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with X (formerly Twitter) owner Elon Musk in California on Monday, kicking off a weeklong visit to the United States.
Speaking to reporters on the tarmac at Ben-Gurion International...
Israeli ministries to launch use of AI to boost services
Israeli government ministries will begin employing artificial intelligence to improve customer service and boost the economy, the Ministry of Innovation, Science and Technology announced on Tuesday.
The work plan launched by the ministry and the...
How a Lebanese-American philosopher is inspiring IDF innovation
Officially, the next Israeli Defense Forces main battle tank, which will succeed the Merkava 4, is known as Barak, or "Lightning." Unofficially, however, the head of the Israeli Defense Ministry’s Merkava and Armored Vehicles...
AI takes center stage at women’s hackathon in Jerusalem
Road safety, traffic flow and drone-detection solutions took the top prizes as a group of 150 students from the Jerusalem College of Technology (JCT) utilized the latest advances in artificial intelligence during the school’s...
Netanyahu talks Iran, AI with US lawmakers
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met on Tuesday in Jerusalem with a bipartisan congressional delegation under the auspices of AIPAC.
The meeting focused on the Iranian nuclear threat and artificial intelligence technology.
Netanyahu thanked the U.S....
Technion ranked tops in Europe in AI for second consecutive year
The Haifa-based Technion-Israel Institute of Technology is Europe’s top university in the field of artificial intelligence (AI) for the second year in a row, according to an international ranking of computer science institutions around the...
Top IDF intelligence unit gets its first female deputy commander
The Military Intelligence Directorate on Sunday appointed the first female deputy chief of Unit 8200, the directorate’s main information-gathering unit.
Lt. Col. G., who will be promoted to full colonel for her new position, has...