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An army of algorithms: How MAFAT is fighting Israel's wars with artificial intelligence - interview

The understanding has sunk in that the winner in battle will be the one who holds the smartest model inside the missile’s head, and no less importantly, inside the commander’s observation tools.

An illustration of an AI software running on a laptop, with a silhouetted soldier and Israeli flag in the background.
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How not to care online: Survival guide for staying human

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Why understanding algorithms matters as much as reading the news

The war in Gaza has underscored a painful truth: Israel excels on the battlefield but falters in the battle for hearts and minds. An Israeli soldier sits on top of a tank at a position in the South, near the Israel-Gaza border fence, on October 30, 2025.

The fight for Israel's legitimacy now runs through algorithms


Researcher using AI to piece together fragments of ancient texts

A team led by Prof. Enrique Jiménez constructed an unprecedented database called the Fragmentarium, which uses automation to piece together text fragments.

Original Akkadian Tablet XI (the "Deluge Tablet") of the Epic of Gilgamesh

AI can help historians unravel ancient texts

The new algorithm will assist in solving historic mysteries, as its ability to date and locate has been proved to be very accurate.

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Israeli study finds custom prescriptions can slow antibiotic resistance

AI could be used to decrease the risk of antibiotic resistance by 50 percent, according to new research by the Technion and Maccabi KSM Research and Innovation Center.

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Dutch researchers develop algorithm to predict severe COVID-19 complications

The algorithm can accurately predict the risk of developing severe complications, including hospitalization, institutionalization and death.

A patient suffering from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is treated an the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). May 6, 2020

Tesla is trying to enter the Israeli insurance market - report

Tesla established its own independent insurance company in 2019, currently only available to its clients in California.

SpaceX founder Elon Musk listens at a press conference following the first launch of a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S., February 6, 2018.

Facebook algorithms actively promote Holocaust denial, think tank finds

Typing “holocaust” in the Facebook search function brought up suggestions for denial pages, which point users to publishers that sell revisionist and denial literature.

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Israeli algorithm may predict if cancer patients will respond to treatment

It could also spare patients from undue suffering, since immunotherapy treatments can trigger severe auto-immune reactions.

Eran Issler, Head of Bioinformatics and Dr. Ofer Sharon, MD, CEO of OncoHost

Technion students develop algorithm to land aircraft with engine failure

The algorithm would help pilots in distress reroute and land safely.

The student team with their mentors: O. Freund , A. Yarosinski,; K. Kohai; N. Shimkin, H. & D. Straussman and A. Bar-Gill.