Artificial intelligence

Scientists use AI to create viruses not found in nature, simultaneously raising alarms, enthusiasm

The viruses created in the Stanford Lab are bacteriophages, which exclusively target bacteria and may pose a solution to the rising global problem of antibiotic-resistant infections.

Bacteriophage (illustrative)
The founders of Decart, Dean Leitersdorf and Moshe Shalev

Anthropic nears $6 billion deal for Israeli AI startup Decart, creating new billionaires

Employees of the Research Institute for Protective Technologies, Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Protection (WIS) inspect a dummy sample which is contaminated with a substance similar to the chemical weapon Sarin, during a demonstration in Munster October 15, 2013.

Trump administration works to strengthen defenses against potential AI bioattacks - report

MK Tally Gotliv attends a hearing on petitions against the government’s dismissal of Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara, at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, December 1, 2025.

The Likud primary: Trolling as a way to gain support – opinion


Eisenkot threatens legal action over AI video of Netanyahu, Trump mocking him in Hebrew

"We regret that instead of focusing on securing important diplomatic achievements, you chose, once again, to exploit the occasion to spread poison and venom," the letter from Eisenkot's team said.

Former IDF chief of staff Lt.-Gen. Gadi Eisenkot of the Yashar Party.

Israel's deep tech edge: Zack Fagan on AI's real bottleneck

Zack Fagan explains why power, heat and data throughput are AI’s real bottlenecks, and how Israel can turn its deep tech strengths into global companies.

Illustration: Using AI at work

Technion ranks 25th worldwide in AI, outperforming elite US universities

The Technion ranked eighth globally for graduates who founded AI companies, outperforming Harvard despite its endowment being roughly 10 times larger.

Aerial view of the Technion Israel Institute of Technology

The omission that will cost the state tens of billions

AI is pushing workers 50+ out of the job market. With the state refusing to invest in retraining, it will pay heavily in benefits and lost revenue.

Illustration: Using AI at work

Mars Security attempts to close the growing gap between hackers and defenders

Born from offensive cyber units, Mars Security brings battlefield tactics to enterprise defense

A man holds a laptop computer as cyber code is projected on him in this illustration picture.

Everyone's watching AI, but the real defense-tech boom is elsewhere - opinion

AI may cut thousands of jobs, but defense tech can’t hire fast enough

Rafael Advanced Defense Systems' Storm Shield

The AI singularity may have arrived: Technion expert backs OpenAI's Sam Altman's claim

The "singularity point," which represents the moment when AI becomes better at generating results than humans can, might have been reached, according to OpenAI CEO Sam Altman.

Sam Altman, OpenAI CEO

Nvidia in talks for record-breaking AI financing safety net for OpenAI data center

Nvidia is in discussions to provide a massive financial backstop for OpenAI, paving the way for the construction of the largest data center in history.

NVIDIA

'No matter what password you use, I will break it in a fraction of a second'

Prof. Maj.-Gen. (res.) Isaac Ben-Israel, one of the architects of Israel's cyber apparatus, tells the Jerusalem Post that quantum computing will wipe out today's encryption.

ON THE front line of the cyber war, Israel has become one of the world’s most targeted countries for cyberattacks, with state-backed hackers increasingly using AI to probe government networks, companies, and critical infrastructure.

Welfare Ministry and Sheba to establish $25 million innovation arm

The ARC Welfare initiative aims to streamline the work of more than 120,000 employees, address heavy workloads, and commercialize patents developed within the system.

Director General of the Ministry of Welfare, Yinon Aharoni, and Sheba CEO, Prof. Yitshak Kreiss, signing the agreement