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Are AI writing tools pushing creativity toward mediocrity?

Opinion: For years, we were told to think outside the box; now, humanity has built the most sophisticated box in history: artificial intelligence. Does relying on it sharpen creativity, or quietly pull us toward comfortable mediocrity?

Keren Shahar | 12.13.25

'Hakol mebina' 7 moves beyond AI spectacle to explore emotion and meaning

The latest 'Hakol mebina' conference in Tel Aviv marked a quieter turn for Israel’s leading AI creator forum, dialing back the usual spectacle in favor of a deeper look at how generative tools are reshaping human creativity and emotion

Yael Feldman Shavit | 12.12.25

The clean era is over: AI tools fill with ads whether you like it or not

AI companies, facing soaring costs that undermine subscription models, are increasingly pushing ads even to paying users; the result is an AI experience shaped by profit rather than accuracy, leaving users feeling like the product

Raphael Kahan | 12.12.25

Hotel tech startup Duve lands $60M to boost global AI-driven expansion

Funding led by Susquehanna Growth Equity will help expand to new global offices and advance its hotel-focused AI agents, which cut response times to one minute and unify check-in, messaging and upsells for over million monthly guests worldwide

ynet Global | 12.11.25

Port raises $100M series C to power agentic engineering platform

General Atlantic leads round valuing the company at $800M as Port targets the 90% of developer work untouched by AI

ynet Global | 12.11.25

AI disinformation and foreign meddling put Israel’s 2026 election integrity to the test

Central Elections Committee to review AI use and foreign interference ahead of 2026 vote; with growing concerns over digital manipulation, officials push for new rules and oversight; state comptroller warns election integrity at risk

Moran Azulay | 12.10.25

'One click can bring down a country': Israel cyber chief warns of digital siege

A rare cyber warning from Israel’s National Cyber Directorate chief sketches a reality where a country could collapse in moments; strikes on power, water, traffic lights and hospitals are now tools of war, often via proxy gangs to mask the attacker

Raphael Kahan | 12.10.25

Prime Security raises $20M to advance product security with its first agentic security architect

Prime’s platform uses autonomous AI agents to deliver continuous, design-stage security reviews that scale with engineering and cut manual effort

ynet Global | 12.09.25

AI bots sway voters four times more than campaign ads, studies show

Two new studies show that AI bots can shift users’ political views with four times the impact of campaign ads, flooding voters with arguments, data and supposed evidence, even when some of the information is false

Raphael Kahan | 12.08.25

Meet the gatekeepers of AI, the Israeli company seeking to shield us from its dangers

With an $80 million funding round and rising annual revenues, Israeli startup Irregular has become a leading AI security lab; founders Dan Lahav and Omer Nevo explain how they won clients like ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude, and how their work uncovers vulnerabilities before hackers do — including a new field focused on understanding AI behavior to prevent risks to humanity

Tal Shahaf | 12.07.25

AI firm GeoX partners with Japan’s largest insurer to map property risks amid rising climate threats

Israeli firm teams with Japan’s Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance to analyze tens of thousands of homes using AI-driven geospatial data, as global insurers turn to property-level intelligence to manage rising climate risks and aging infrastructure

ynet Global | 12.06.25

Artificial intelligence or artificial confidence? Why blind trust in AI is the real danger

Opinion: The problem isn’t that AI makes mistakes but that we stop making our own, Israel learned this when overconfidence in a 'smart,' automated system before Oct. 7 proved costly — a reminder of the danger in trusting technology too much

Prof. Guy Hochman | 12.06.25

Lumia raises $18 million seed round, adds former NSA chief to advisory board

Israeli AI security startup secures major investment led by Team8 and New Era to expand its platform for monitoring and controlling enterprise AI use; retired Adm. Michael Rogers joins as adviser amid rising demand for AI governance

ynet Global | 12.04.25

Foreign-run social media ‘sleeper cells’ trying to sway upcoming elections, watchdog warns

FakeReporter warns that AI-powered influence networks run by hostile states are infiltrating Israeli politics through seemingly authentic accounts, after Iranian-run fan group for lawmaker stayed online despite repeated alerts to Meta, cyber officials

Raphael Kahan | 12.04.25

Shopping Month: results are determined long before reaching the store

Advanced logistics, real-time data and AI-driven personalization are redefining how companies compete, pushing retailers to overhaul core systems long before customers reach the checkout, says Priority CEO Sagive Greenspan

ynet Global | 12.04.25

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