Artificial intelligence

Israeli start-up Matia secures $21 million investment to create AI-powered data pipeline platform

The company reported exponential growth in 2025, with ten times as many clients using its data analysis solutions, according to their statistics.

The team working at Matia.
An AI-generated picture faking President Isaac Herzog posing with convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell, and others, posted by a journalist for The Times on X/Twitter, February 9, 2026.

'Times' journalist posts AI-generated picture of Isaac Herzog and Jeffrey Esptein, apologizes

Defense firm Elbit Systems announced new $100 million contracts with the Defense Ministry to develop advanced digitization capabilities for the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). February 9.

Elbit announces new $100 million in contracts to develop IDF’s next generation digitalization array

(From L-R) Head of the National Artificial Intelligence Directorate, Brig.-Gen. (res.) Erez Askal, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and Azerbaijan's Digital Development and Transport Minister Rashad Nabiyev, February 3, 2026.

Israel, Azerbaijan sign declaration of cooperation on AI as ties deepen


OpenAI ditches Nvidia for faster AI inference chips, threatening chipmaker's dominance

Nvidia remains dominant in chips for training large AI models, while inference has become a new front in the competition.

 An NVIDIA logo appears in this illustration taken August 25, 2025.

Ex-employee alleges Google helped IDF contractor with AI, breached ethics policy - report

The complaint was filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and alleged that Google breached its own “AI principles" in a customer support response.

IDF Military Drone Unit train with their drones near the Syrian border, northern Golan Heights, June 26, 2025.

UAE made secret $500 million investment in Trump-linked crypto firm - WSJ

The $500 million investment granted the Emiratis 49% of World Liberty Financial, a fledgling cryptocurrency venture owned by the Trump family.

US President Donald Trump attends a business forum at Qasr Al Watan during the final stop of his Gulf visit, in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, May 16, 2025.

AI swarms could invade social media, threaten democracy, study warns

“Humans, generally speaking, are conformist. That's something that can relatively easily be hijacked by these swarms," said Kunst.

AI (Artificial Intelligence) letters and robot hand are placed on computer motherboard in this illustration created on June 23, 2023.

The ground loyal wingman and the future of manned-unmanned combat - opinion

If the skies have become dangerous, the ground battlefield has become a truly lethal trap. So instead of adding more and more soldiers or additional manned combat platforms, we add robots.

Elbit System's Rook unmanned ground vehicle

How AI is bringing the dead back and what that means for the living

A new study by Tom Divon, a media and cultural researcher from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, explores the use of generative AI to recreate deceased individuals' likenesses.

MEDIA AND cultural researcher Tom Divon. Society has reached a stage where it seeks to overcome death through technology, he maintains.

Nvidia CEO Huang denies he is unhappy with OpenAI, says 'huge' investment planned

Speaking to reporters in Taipei, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said it was "nonsense" to say he was unhappy with OpenAI, adding that OpenAI is "one of the most consequential companies of our time."

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang holds a switch for the Nvidia Vera Rubin NVL72 AI supercomputer during a Nvidia keynote address at CES 2026, an annual consumer electronics trade show, in Las Vegas, Nevada, US January 5, 2026.

Divine intelligence meets artificial intelligence: When Technology and tradition meet - opinion

The contrast between artificial intelligence (AI) and divine intelligence (DI) is not a competition. It is a conversation.

ARTWORK BY Gedaliah Gurfein and his bot Flash.

Your Taxes: AI dos and don’ts

AI is a smart colleague, but it doesn’t know everything. True intelligence is knowing when to use AI and where to stop.

AI and Economy.

Elon Musk’s Tesla halts production of Model X, Y to focus on ‘autonomous future’ in 2026

The announcement was made as part of the Q4 2025 Shareholders' update, during which the company reported its quarterly earnings and plans for 2026.

Tesla will halt production of the Model X and Model S, two of their most popular models.