AI

The AI singularity may have arrived: Technion expert backs OpenAI's Sam Altman's claim

The "singularity point," which represents the moment when AI becomes better at generating results than humans can, might have been reached, according to OpenAI CEO Sam Altman.

Sam Altman, OpenAI CEO
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Nvidia in talks for record-breaking AI financing safety net for OpenAI data center

Students at Ben Gurion University, in Beer Sheba. November 04, 2025.

Ben-Gurion University launches ASK POLA: An AI study advisor for prospective students

Director General of the Ministry of Welfare, Yinon Aharoni, and Sheba CEO, Prof. Yitshak Kreiss, signing the agreement

Welfare Ministry and Sheba to establish $25 million innovation arm


Australian unicorn Airwallex plans expansion of Israel operations following $11 billion valuation

“Here in Israel, we remain committed to scaling our operations and increasing our investment in the Tel Aviv center," said Or Liban, head of the company’s Tel Aviv center.

Airwallex Israel team.

Wall Street concludes the best quarter in 6 years

The artificial intelligence momentum beat the war: Nasdaq and S&P 500 indices recorded the best quarter since 2020.

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US lifts curbs on Anthropic's Fable, Mythos AI models

"We'll begin restoring access tomorrow," Anthropic said in a statement on X/Twitter.

Illustration of Anthropic on June 18, 2026.

Kramer opens the summer

Shlomo Kramer, CEO and founder of Cato Networks, celebrated the company's growth, which reached a valuation of $4.8 billion, at an elaborately produced summer party at Hangar 11.

Shlomo Kramer

Tech Talk: Lightkey, the AI-powered Israeli startup transforming writing

People haven’t stopped typing. They’ve simply moved elsewhere.

 Eran Brauer, co-founder of Lightkey.

South Korea to unveil USD 650 b. mega semiconductor, AI projects in manufacturing 'great leap'

The announcement would mark President Lee Jae Myung's boldest push yet to align South Korea's AI and chip ambitions with his pledge to narrow regional disparities with a "great leap"

A view shows Samsung Electronics' chip production plant at Pyeongtaek, South Korea

Anthropic’s Fable 5 to come back online after two-week ban by US government - report

A source from Anthropic told Axios that security concerns about possible jailbreaks in Anthropic’s safety mechanisms were resolved following negotiations with the US government.

Illustration of Anthropic on June 18, 2026.

South Korea planning to train 500,000 'drone warriors' to counter North Korea

The military also plans to produce 110,000 drones by 2029 for deployment across the army, navy, air force and marines, aiming to make drones a standard item for individual soldiers.

A South Korean Army drone during a live fire military exercise at the Seungjin Fire Training Field in Pocheon, 30 kilometres south of the border with North Korea, May 21, 2026.

AI helps recover complete text of Herculaneum scroll burnt by Mount Vesuvius

The blackened, fragile scrolls cannot be physically opened without severe damage. Researchers have instead used high-resolution scans and computational techniques to "virtually unwrap" them.

FILE PHOTO: Fragment of Herculaneum scroll is fixed in place at a Diamond Light Source experimental station after it was scanned using bright x-rays in Didcot, Britain, September 30, 2019.

Publicis Israel enters the AI arena with a Ddata, media, and creative system

During a client event, Publicis Israel unveiled Brain, a future working system integrating data, AI, media and creative to turn insights into action.

Yossi Lubaton.