Artificial Intelligence

30°

Weather

YnetGlobal Channels

Sites & Sources

more channels

Contact

Artificial Intelligence

OpenAI AI agent breached Australian government database

Australian officials say an autonomous agent bypassed security barriers while researching health spending; OpenAI disclosed the June incident months later, while authorities say no individual medical or banking records were exposed

Raphael Kahan | 09.24.26

Upwind acquires Israeli AI security startup Aegis, launches new cyber research lab

Israeli cloud security firm brings Unit 8200 veterans Omri Limor and Saar Ankonina on board to lead AI Security Labs, targeting emerging threats from AI agents and automated attacks; team expected to more than double in coming months

ynet Global | 09.23.26

Nvidia launches Israel AI lab to develop drugs and drive medical breakthroughs

New team under CTO Michael Kagan will recruit dozens of researchers and work with Sheba, Mount Sinai and global partners on genomics, drug discovery and advanced materials

Sophie Shulman, Calcalist | 09.23.26

Rafael’s PUZZLE uses AI to turn battlefield data flood into decisions

Rafael’s AI-based PUZZLE™ Suite brings together intelligence from multiple domains to turn an overwhelming flow of battlefield data into actionable insights; for Guy Oren, VP Intelligence, Space & Cyber at Rafael Advanced Defense Systems, the next challenge goes even further: introducing AI agents into military systems while keeping the human firmly at the center of the decision

ynet Global | 09.22.26

The smart home is dead: Welcome to the AI-powered home that wants to run itself

At IFA 2026 in Berlin, appliance makers showed off vacuums that recognize and move objects, refrigerators that coordinate with ovens and robots gaining arms, cameras and autonomy, all pointing toward a home where AI does not merely follow commands but decides what needs to be done

Daniela Ginzburg | 09.19.26

דונלד טראמפ שי ג'ינפינג סין AI בינה מלאכותית ספינה

AI error nearly led US to seize Chinese ship: ‘Almost started a war’

CNN reports an AI-assisted intelligence report during the Iran war wrongly said a Chinese ship carried nuclear weapons parts, nearly triggering a US raid; Congress is also probing how sensitive F-35 components reached Hong Kong

ynet | 09.19.26

While you were scrolling TikTok, its founder became Asia’s richest man

ByteDance and TikTok founder Zhang Yiming, 43, has seen his fortune soar from $13 billion in 2019 to over $105 billion today, driven by AI growth, TikTok’s success and the resolution of its US regulatory hurdle

Calcalist | 09.19.26

China is building its own Nvidia: Huawei plans new AI chip every year

Chinese tech giant Huawei is set to unveil Ascend 960 chips in a push to close the gap with the US, with annual upgrades doubling computing power and systems linking up to 1 million AI processors

ynet | 09.17.26

When AI turns on the boss: Facebook chatbot tells customer to sue Meta

After eight days of failed attempts to fix an ad system glitch, Facebook’s support bot said it had exhausted its options — then drafted a pre-lawsuit letter to Meta, urged compensation and said the customer would likely win in court

Israel Wullman | 09.17.26

Beyond the breakthrough: inside the Technion labs shaping the technologies of tomorrow

From quantum computing and AI to nanoparticles designed to signal cancer cells to stop dividing, Technion researchers are building the science, engineering and talent needed for technologies whose full potential is still unknown

ynet Global | 09.17.26

OpenAI reveals six cases of ‘unexpected or concerning’ AI behavior as safety debate intensifies

Cases included a research model instructing itself to ignore constraints and an AI agent uploading files without permission, as OpenAI launches a new framework to track and disclose troubling behavior

Associated Press | 09.17.26

מימין מנכ"ל OpenAI סם אלטמן, מייסד ומנכ"ל אנתרופיק דריו אמודיי מייסד ומנכ"ל SpaceX אילון מאסק

Silicon Valley finally discovered that AI is dangerous just as it ran out of money

Analysis: After years of investing hundreds of billions in the AI race, industry leaders are now calling for a slowdown, increased oversight, tighter regulation; The dangers are real, but behind doomsday warnings lie something far less altruistic

Raphael Kahan | 09.16.26

Senior Google AI researcher quits, warns technology could ‘kill us all’

Bilal Chughtai says humanity may be running out of time to avert catastrophic AI risks, echoing warnings from other industry insiders, while cybersecurity experts argue such doomsday scenarios overlook basic security safeguards

Raphael Kahan | 09.16.26

דונלד טראמפ ושי ג'ינפינג במתחם הגנים ג'ונגננהאי בבייג'ינג, ודברי טראמפ על איראן

AI leaders fear losing control. Trump and China fear losing the global AI race even more

Anthropic’s Dario Amodei, Sam Altman, Elon Musk and Demis Hassabis are calling for stronger safeguards, but Beijing sees US-led restrictions as an attempt to lock in American dominance, while Trump says slowing down could hand China the future

Rephael Kahan | 09.15.26

Trump calls Nvidia’s Jensen Huang onstage, dismisses safety fears: ‘AI will not be taking over’

President tells Nvidia chief the US must beat China in AI, praises data centers and rejects warnings that the technology could threaten humanity

News Agencies | 09.15.26

Hot Tags

Today

This Week

This Month

Abraham Accords Adolf Hitler Ahmad al-Sharaa AI Airlines Andy Burnham Anthropic Antisemitic attack Antisemitism Antonio Guterres

Hot Tags

Today

This Week

This Month

Abraham Accords Adolf Hitler Ahmad al-Sharaa AI Airlines Andy Burnham Anthropic Antisemitic attack Antisemitism Antonio Guterres