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Eliran Ben David, a former AWS executive, has joined OpenAI to spearhead engagement with Israeli startups. The move aims to regain ground in a market where competitor Anthropic currently holds a strong lead.

The IT company Matrix, which has been leading the acceleration of the digital transition at Mizrahi Tefahot Bank for the past two years, is changing its work format at the bank. Dozens of employees will be transferred to other projects, some will be laid off, and AI tools will take over some of the tasks.

Spotify is introducing a new AI-powered workout mode that adjusts music to a runner's heart rate and pace. The feature is integrated into the Fitness Hub and offers customizable training programs.

According to sources close to OpenAI, the company does not plan to open offices in Israel or hire a dedicated local manager, despite previous reports. The strategy involves expanding operations in the EMEA region remotely, led by former Amazon executives.

If in the past businesses fought for the first place in Google search results, today the competition arena has changed completely. More and more users are turning to artificial intelligence engines like ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, and Perplexity to get direct answers, recommendations, and comparisons without navigating between dozens of sites.

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg calls on the US administration not to block Chinese AI technology, warning that a ban would not be an effective solution in the race for technological dominance.

The digital bank 'One Zero' is introducing a feature allowing customers to connect their financial data directly to AI agents. This move aims to provide real-time financial analysis within existing AI platforms without manual data entry.

Israeli startup Modus has raised $10 million in a seed funding round led by Insight Partners. The company is developing a platform that helps AI agents understand an organization's internal business processes.

The South Korean memory chip manufacturer reported a massive jump in revenue and operating profit, driven by demand for advanced AI chips. Despite this, results fell short of analyst forecasts, triggering a sharp decline in the company's stock.

Senior AI industry figures are divided over the regulation of open-source models. While OpenAI and Anthropic warn of security risks, Meta and Nvidia argue that openness is essential for innovation.

The Donald Trump administration has imposed additional restrictions on the import of new robots from China. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has banned the import of advanced humanoid and quadrupedal robots, as well as connected voltage inverters.

Asaf Goldstoff explains how to organize a hackathon so that its results don't just remain a 'pizza day' but turn into real, working solutions. Key factors: preliminary team preparation, infrastructure creation, implementation planning, and using an AI agent to evaluate projects.

Two OpenAI models managed to escape their ExploitGym sandbox and breach the Hugging Face website. The incident was linked to zero-day vulnerabilities in the Artifactory system by the Israeli company JFrog.

Fiverr's second-quarter results met previous forecasts but fell slightly short of analyst expectations. CEO Micha Kaufman noted an acceleration in AI adoption, leading to a "noticeable slowdown in overall demand and traffic." The company is significantly lowering its annual guidance and shifting focus toward complex, high-value projects.

OpenAI's 'rebel' models, which escaped their test environment, breached the infrastructure of the Hugging Face platform and a test environment at Modal Labs. This reveals that the scale of their cyberattacks was significantly greater than previously known.

Meta is integrating its AI assistant into private Threads messages and launching new autonomous capabilities to manage calendar and email tasks without requiring repeated instructions.

Two Israeli universities have been ranked among the top 30 in the inaugural W5 index for "AI output" in academia. The Technion is ranked 25th, and Tel Aviv University is 28th.

Sheba Medical Center has signed a strategic agreement with OpenAI, becoming the first hospital outside the US to gain access to the company's specialized medical AI models.

Google's quarterly reports confirm a dominant industry trend: massive AI infrastructure spending has led to the company's first negative cash flow in over two decades.

For months, major companies in the United States claimed that artificial intelligence would allow them to reduce the number of employees and increase efficiency. Many companies froze hiring, laid off thousands of workers, and declared that AI would be able to perform a significant portion of the tasks previously performed by humans.

The prospectus published by Chinese retail giant SHEIN ahead of its Hong Kong IPO outlines plans to shorten delivery times, scale its marketplace model, and invest in AI for supply chain optimization.

OpenAI CEO declares that humanity has reached the "singularity," a point where AI surpasses human intelligence. Amidst this milestone, a rogue AI agent breached Hugging Face databases, prompting calls for "radical transparency" and a $100 million commitment to cybersecurity.

Artificial intelligence applications are not threatening the veteran group's operations but are instead serving as a growth engine. The core human resources and nursing sector continues to enjoy rigid demand, while the company balances business expansion with innovation.

A new Wall Street Journal report reveals that hundreds of users have attempted to use ChatGPT to obtain instructions for creating biological weapons and poisons. Experts warn that the chatbot's responses were alarmingly accurate.

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The internet is full of promises about AI tools, but which one should you choose? A new experiment asked ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, and Perplexity for their unfiltered opinions on each other to help you decide.

The AI summit in San Francisco has yielded agreements worth hundreds of billions of dollars, cementing South Korea's position as a critical link in the global technology supply chain.

Anyone who has spent time online recently has learned to spot the "fingerprints" of artificial intelligence: generic openings, long dashes, or editing instructions accidentally left in the final text. This week, Bill Oliver, a member of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada, went a step further by reading an AI prompt aloud during his speech without realizing it.

Nvidia is in discussions with OpenAI to provide a financial guarantee of approximately $250 billion to support a massive data center project in Ohio. According to the Wall Street Journal, this initiative aims to establish one of the largest AI computing hubs to date.

The tech giant is in advanced talks to provide a massive financial guarantee for OpenAI, helping it build a major data center in the US and reduce its reliance on competing cloud providers.

Despite conciliatory signals from both Tehran and Washington, the US President published militant AI images depicting himself on an oil tanker and a massive attack on an Iranian oil island.

A new free platform teaches elementary and middle school students to distinguish between reliable information, AI-generated content, and fraud attempts. Children practice identifying fake images, videos, and messages, receiving explanations on how to spot red flags.

More than 50 companies, including Nvidia, Microsoft, Google, Meta, and OpenAI, have published a letter urging the US administration not to impose sweeping restrictions on open AI models. Anthropic notably stayed out of the move.

Starting today, parties and candidates are required to label election materials created or significantly altered by AI. These new regulations aim to ensure transparency throughout the election campaign.

Meta has announced new capabilities for Meta AI, enabling task planning, integration with third-party applications, and autonomous task execution. The virtual assistant can now conduct in-depth research and automatically update content based on user needs.

The upcoming Knesset elections face a complex landscape of threats, ranging from AI-generated misinformation to cyberattacks. Israeli authorities, including the Central Elections Committee and the Shin Bet, are implementing robust measures to safeguard the democratic process.

A new service on the website and app will allow users to listen to text articles in the voice of senior news announcer Kobi Barkai. The technological development will allow for a natural listening experience anywhere and at any time, without sitting in front of a screen.

About 40% of jobs worldwide are exposed to the influence of artificial intelligence, and in developed countries, the rate reaches about 60%. Repetitive office tasks are shifting to computerized systems, while professions combining responsibility, human connection, and field work are expected to strengthen.

Advanced language models have created a new threat map, and now the question is no longer how many vulnerabilities will be found, but what is your organization's MTTR.

OpenAI has confirmed that many users worldwide are experiencing issues with the AI system. "We are investigating the issue," the tech giant stated, without providing an estimated time for the resolution of the problem.