Artificial intelligence

An Israeli reservist turned his son’s screen time into an AI learning platform

Yuvi LAB, developed by Home Front Command reservist Moti Malka with his son and colleagues, aims to help children build games, apps and learning tools in a free, login-free online environment.

Yuvi LAB, developed by Home Front Command reservist Moti Malka with his son and colleagues, aims to help children build games, apps and learning tools in a free, login-free online environment.
pen AI and Anthropic logos are seen in this illustration created on September 12, 2025.

The paradox machine: How the AI that was banned won the war- opinion

The Pentagon building in Virginia.

Pentagon to adopt Palantir AI as core US military system, memo says

Teens with smartphones

One in two US teens say they’ve used AI to ‘undress’ people


Grapevine: 'Guilty' by association

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

PROF. RONNIE LIDOR (left) and Ambassador of North Macedonia Shpend Sadiku (third from left) with faculty members of Levinsky-Wingate Center.

IDF's new mechanical AI robot takes two hours to clean tanks, which soldiers needed 48 hours for

The robot operates autonomously, without soldiers present in dangerous environments and without exposure to chemicals, oils, or extreme heat.

Ruby AI's robotic tank cleaner.

Antisemitism is booming – and Big Tech loves it - opinion

Inside the algorithmic double standard that lets Jew-hate spread unchecked.

An antisemitism hashtag, illustrating online antisemitic hate speech.

Pentagon pushing AI companies to expand on classified networks, sources say

The Pentagon is “moving to deploy frontier AI capabilities across all classification levels,” said an official.

pen AI and Anthropic logos are seen in this illustration created on September 12, 2025.

'Waze of marketing': Israeli startups invest some $50 million in sales, advertising with AI

Israeli startups Brandlight and WINN.AI announced $31 million and $18 million in investments, respectively, from a Series A funding round.

AI and Economy.

German drone startups Helsing, Stark, win suicide drone contracts worth 4.3 billion euro

Helsing will supply its HX-2 suicide drone while Stark will supply its Virtus drone. The companies beat out German defense giant Rheinmetall

Germany-based defense startup Stark's Virtus  VTOL suicide drone

What to know about Elon Musk's merger of SpaceX with his AI company - explainer

Elon Musk’s merger of SpaceX and xAI brings together rockets, AI, and social media in a $1.25 trillion bet on space-based data centers. Here’s what the deal means and the challenges ahead.

SpaceX's Starship rocket launches from Starbase during its second test flight in Boca Chica, Texas, on Nov. 18, 2023.

From innovation to oversight: Why AI demands board attention - opinion

AI is transforming enterprise risk faster than boards can adapt. Productivity gains may follow, but only after substantial structural change.

AI in the workplace

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.

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

Gabrielle Sivia Weiniger, a journalist for UK-based The Times, apologizes after posting a fake AI-generated photo showing Israeli President Isaac Herzog with Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell.

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.