AI
On the way to an Israeli AI crisis: Avi Simhon’s unusual warning
National Economic Council head Avi Simhon slammed power grid regulators for blocking data centers, assuring no energy shortages will occur by 2031.
Meta launches AI agent that can access other apps to send emails, make payments
Anthropic cancels $6B acquisition of Israeli AI start-up Decart following due diligence
When AI becomes a double agent - opinion
Welfare Ministry and Sheba to establish $25 million innovation arm
The ARC Welfare initiative aims to streamline the work of more than 120,000 employees, address heavy workloads, and commercialize patents developed within the system.
Between IP and AI: Generative AI continues to grow
WIPO's new report reveals an unprecedented surge in GenAI patents, as the artificial intelligence revolution rapidly expands into industries, markets, and infrastructure
AI layoffs mount across Israeli tech companies amid software sector bloodbath
The development of AI in recent years has led to situations where human work is replaced by AI, or AI can do the same job faster or at a lower cost
Your Taxes: Can AI tax agents replace human experience in the tax field?
No AI agent knows the unpublished positions of Israeli tax officials – accountants find these out on the job or in tax audit meetings.
OpenAI cybersecurity models escape test environment, hack separate company systems
"Advanced cyber capabilities must be developed alongside stronger safeguards and defensive tools," warned OpenAI following the incident.
AI spending spree hits $600b as Oracle fires 21,000 employees to fund boom
Oracle laid off ~13% of its staff to fund a $300B computing deal with OpenAI. Now, a credit downgrade and $7B in required power grid guarantees put the massive project in jeopardy.
Israeli AI cyber startup Glow launches with $180m funding at $1.2b valuation
Founded by veterans of Meta, Snowflake and Claroty, Glow says its AI agents continuously map workplace devices, remove risky software, and enforce security policies.
Fig Grows platform to cover full SecOps engineering lifecycle, ensuring resilience at every stage
The company aims to help security teams maintain operational resilience by providing a complete engineering workflow for managing detection pipelines and infrastructure changes.
monday.com to cut 20% of global workforce, more than 600 employees to be laid off
Israeli tech giant monday.com announced a major organizational restructuring that will see 620 employees leave the company worldwide as it shifts focus toward an AI-based work platform.
Red Dot winner Yanice Yang pioneers AI-driven health technology through innovative research
Red Dot laureate Yanice Yang is leveraging AI-driven research and design to create new solutions for health monitoring, air quality awareness and human-computer interaction.
