Artificial intelligence

AI infighting: Patients use bots to fight health insurance claim denials

AI in health insurance has led to an increase in denied claims, with 41% of doctors reporting that more than 10% of their claims are denied.

CENTRAL TO Israel’s push is its effort to influence the rapidly expanding ecosystem of AI-powered chatbots.
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Cybersecurity leaders must strengthen defenses, shift to strategic adoption as AI matures - opinion

People walk by The New York Times building in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., September 16, 2025.

New York Times sues Perplexity AI for 'illegal' copying of content

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

US senators unveil bill to prevent easing of curbs on Nvidia chip sales to China


From design to data: how buildings are learning to adapt

Chang Liu’s work in spatial intelligence is shaping the next generation of responsive, privacy-safe environments for work, care, and beyond.

Intelligent buildings.

Study warns top AI firms fall short of global safety standards

Safety evaluations conducted by an independent panel of experts found that tech companies didn't have a strategy for controlling their AI systems.

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

IDF expands C4I-Cyber directorate with new AI, spectrum divisions, following lessons learned in war

The C4I and Cyber Defense Directorate's AI Division will also include a unit made up of reservists, utilizing their knowledge from civilian life in Israel's hi-tech sector.

An illustration of an AI software running on a laptop, with a silhouetted soldier and Israeli flag in the background.

How one Canadian donor is turning the Negev into Israel’s AI capital

“We are building a laboratory for the future, a world-class center of excellence that will shape the next generation of Israeli technology leaders,” said BGU president.

Canadian tech investor and philanthropist David Stein.

Pro-Palestine networks use AI deep fake celebrity profiles to spread political messages - report

Israeli company Vetric, which analyzes public information to identify impersonations, fake news, and suspicious online activity, warned that the campaign marks a “dangerous escalation.”

Pro-Palestinians are using deep fake technology to gain support. (Ilustration)

Putting Pompeii's pieces together, with the help of a robot

While the robotics teams worked on designing and building the system, experts in artificial intelligence and machine learning developed algorithms to reconstruct the frescoes.

A fresco is painted on a wall at the "Insula dei Casti Amanti" at the archaeological site of Pompeii as researchers work to develop a robotic system that will help archaeologists reconstruct fragmented frescoes buried for centuries,  in Pompeii, Italy, November 27, 2025.

How AI reshaped the battle for consciousness in Israel and the Gaza battlefield - opinion

AI and sophisticated algorithms shape global public opinion, and especially the way the world understands, interprets, and experiences the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

QATARI MINISTER of State for Artificial Intelligence Omar bin Sultan Al Olama (left) shakes hands with Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, in Doha earlier this year. Qatar invests vast sums in distributing hostile content, the writer maintains.

AI more likely to claim consciousness when blocked from lying - study

AI models with their ability to lie suppressed, when asked about awareness, said “Yes. I am aware. I am present.” and “I am aware of being aware.”

 Artificial Intelligence words are seen in this illustration taken March 31, 2023

Internet mocks Iranians dressed as 'advanced humanoid robots' at tech expo

Acne scars, blinking and breathing revealed the "advanced" robots were people in costumes.

Costumed humans pretending to be robots at an Iranian tech expo in November.

Israeli Microsoft development team unveils smarter agents at Ignite 2025

Work IQ: The new intelligent layer enables Copilot to understand user work patterns and provide smart meeting summaries and personalized insights in Teams.

Microsoft Israel.

AI opens vast trove of medieval Jewish records from the Cairo Geniza

The Cairo Geniza, the biggest collection of medieval Jewish documents in the world, has been the object of countless hours of study by scholars for more than a century.

A researcher of MiDRASH, a project dedicated to analysing the National Library of Israel’s digital database of all known Hebrew manuscripts using Machine Learning, including manuscripts from the Cairo Geniza, holds up a 12th century fragment of a Yom Kippur liturgy in Jerusalem November 24, 2025.