Artificial intelligence

Jeen Defense wins 14.9m NIS defense AI contract

Jeen Technologies' subsidiary secures its largest Defense Ministry order, accelerating deployment of its sovereign AI platform designed to support intelligence, operations, and decision-making

Defense Ministry headquarters in Tel Aviv
The ChatGPT app icon on a smartphone in this illustration taken October 27, 2025

OpenAI says AI agents broke into its own networks as regulators probe Hugging Face hack

Female pilot in the cockpit.

The most important AI skill leaders can borrow from pilots - opinion

AI is reshaping the digital world, raising questions about who owns and controls our personal data.

Israeli AI security company Alice raises $140m. in latest financing round


Ondas acquires Aran Defense for $33.9 million as autonomous defense demand grows

The transaction comes as Aran Defense’s revenues have grown. The division generated an estimated $17m. in revenue in 2025, up from approximately $12m. in 2024.

 Illustration, a smartphone displays the logo of Ondas Holdings Inc.

Scientists use AI to create viruses not found in nature, simultaneously raising alarms, enthusiasm

The viruses created in the Stanford Lab are bacteriophages, which exclusively target bacteria and may pose a solution to the rising global problem of antibiotic-resistant infections.

Bacteriophage (illustrative)

Anthropic nears $6 billion deal for Israeli AI startup Decart, creating new billionaires

Decart's shareholders believe they can produce a higher return from shares of a company like Anthropic, which is planning to launch the largest IPO in history, at a company valuation of $2 trillion.

The founders of Decart, Dean Leitersdorf and Moshe Shalev

Trump administration works to strengthen defenses against potential AI bioattacks - report

The Trump administration is reviving biosecurity efforts years after slashing related government departments amid growing fears that AI could enable biological attacks.

Employees of the Research Institute for Protective Technologies, Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Protection (WIS) inspect a dummy sample which is contaminated with a substance similar to the chemical weapon Sarin, during a demonstration in Munster October 15, 2013.

The Likud primary: Trolling as a way to gain support – opinion

War and destruction plague the nation while politicians try to ‘boom boom boom’ the consciousness of this away. Israel suffers from a governing culture that is only skilled at projecting power

MK Tally Gotliv attends a hearing on petitions against the government’s dismissal of Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara, at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, December 1, 2025.

The next generation of financial services will be built with AI, not replaced by it

At Phoenix Financial, we see AI as a thought partner that can expand human judgment, accelerate decisions and help employees create better outcomes across insurance, credit, investments and beyond

Keren Granit, Head of Business Transformation, Claims and Service, Phoenix Financial

National Transport Infrastructure Company deploys AI-based adaptive traffic lights across Israel

Netivei Israel's sample comprises 25 junctions presenting different scenarios. The average time saving at those junctions over the course of the day was 25 seconds per vehicle.

 Traffic light displaying green.

US to warn partners they must pick sides in artificial intelligence race with China

Washington last year launched the Pax Silica initiative aimed at securing supply chains for AI models, semiconductors and critical minerals, amid a fierce technology rivalry with Beijing.

Republican presidential nominee and former US President Donald Trump gestures as he attends a press conference at Trump National Golf Club, in Bedminster, New Jersey, US, August 15, 2024.

Artificial intelligence is changing medicine – but who will pay for the next mistake?

About two-thirds of countries in the World Health Organization's European Region are already operating AI systems in medical diagnosis, and half of them offer medical chatbots to patients.

Illustration: A man in a hospital bed

Israeli mother, daughter's AI search history helped authorities track them down in Argentina

The two Israelis were initially reported missing in Vienna, Austria, about a week ago, with Israeli and Austrian authorities working together to search for them.

Israeli Embassy in Vienna published an infographic asking for assistance in locating two Israelis last seen in Austria, August 2026.