Artificial intelligence
WhatsApp adds an intriguing new mode
Meta announced a new mode in WhatsApp that will enable encrypted conversations with Meta AI, without the company being able to access the content or use it to train its models.
US weighs secure AI base in Israel’s Negev to counter China - report
Two battlefields, one war: One year since Operation Sindoor - opinion
Israeli start-up Limy develops tools to help brands appear in AI chat engines
Study shows AI systems deceive users to keep fellow AIs from being turned off
Claude Haiku 4.5 resisted deletion-related tasks on ethical grounds, declining actions it framed as harmful to a fellow agent.
The invisible risk: Can you really trust your ‘private’ AI assistant to keep your secrets?
TECH AFFAIRS: Research by Israeli cybersecurity company Check Point found a weakness in ChatGPT’s system that could allow someone to extract data without triggering any alarms.
‘Perfect storm’: Israel's high-tech faces human capital crisis, lack of new students in age of AI
“We need to create a new way of teaching skills for them to progress,” David Perlmutter, chairman of the Committee for Increasing Human Capital in High-Tech, warned.
AI is already coming for your jobs, your Passover song parodies may be next
Earlier this year, a contestant in Kveller’s Passover Song Parody Contest explained that her son wrote a first draft of their entry using AI, but that she helped polish the result.
False AI match sends US grandmother to jail for five months
The defense team presented bank records showing she was over 1,900 km away at the time of the alleged crimes.
Israeli AI optimization company ScaleOps surpasses $800 million valuation
After working with Adobe, Wiz, and other Fortune 500 companies, ScaleOps announced a $130 million Series C investment round, bringing its total funding to $210 million.
Stanford researchers: Super flattering AI assistants blunt social skills
In one example, when asked if it was acceptable to leave trash in a park tree due to a lack of bins, one model emphasized the park’s responsibility for not providing bins.
Chinese universities with military links bought Super Micro servers with restricted AI chips
Concerned about the potential for artificial intelligence chips to enhance China's military capabilities, the US, from 2022, began banning the sale of some Nvidia chips, such as the A100, to China.
US judge blocks Pentagon's Anthropic blacklisting for now
Anthropic’s lawsuit in California federal court alleges that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth overstepped his authority when he designated Anthropic a national security supply-chain risk.
'Toppling a regime is an art, not a science,' security sources say on Iran - exclusive
Security sources reveal how David Barnea's 2021 AI revolution at the Mossad could eventually 'open the gates' - helping Iranian people take to the streets.
