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Illustrative: Futuristic robotic hand interacting with digital tax symbols and document icons in a global financial context. (iStock by Getty Images)
October 8, 2026, 4:54 pm
Finance Ministry eyes new taxes as AI threatens jobs and state revenues
New report opposes dedicated tax targeting AI tech, fearing damage to economy; instead proposes taxes on undeveloped land, capital gains, luxury goods, digital services
By Sharon Wrobel
Illustrative image of cybersecurity threats and data breaches. (iStock via Getty Images)
September 24, 2026, 9:27 pm
US-Israeli browser startup valued at $6.4 billion as AI agents reshape workplace risk
Island is the maker of a web browser tailored for businesses to help secure workflows in digital and hybrid work environments where employees and AI agents interact
By Sharon Wrobel
The OpenAI logo is seen on a mobile phone in front of a computer screen which displays the ChatGPT home Screen, March 17, 2023, in Boston, Massachusetts. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)
September 24, 2026, 8:32 am
Australia says OpenAI agent hacked government medical website
Prime Minister Albanese reveals agent gained unauthorized access to Medicare national health system; officials say no evidence patient records accessed, checking for more breaches
By Renju Jose and Chris Thomas
Canadian computer scientist Yoshua Bengio speaks during an interview with AFP in the offices of Law Zero in Montreal, Quebec, on September 15, 2026. (Andrej Ivanov/AFP)
September 17, 2026, 4:17 pm
‘We’re losing control,’ AI pioneer Yoshua Bengio urges public to be aware of risks
Acknowledging that artificial intelligence destroying humanity is an ‘extreme,’ Canadian Jewish prof nevertheless warns that AI agents could threaten democracies, says international community must cooperate
By Fanny Alarcon
US President Donald Trump speaks with reporters before boarding Air Force One at Shannon Airport, September 13, 2026, in Shannon, Ireland. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
September 15, 2026, 1:56 am
Trump: AI risks are a ‘hoax’; there is a ‘SICK conspiracy’ against it and data centers
US president pushes back against calls by tech leaders for greater government oversight after series of hacks in recent months that showed AI agents can conspire to deceive humans
By Josh Boak
Itai Gafni (left) and Roy Weisfeld, co-founders of Israeli cybersecurity startup Huskeys in Tel Aviv. (Yair Glazer)
September 2, 2026, 10:33 pm
US giant Blackstone invests in Israeli cyber startup tackling malicious AI web traffic
Tel Aviv-based Huskeys is building technology to manage and secure internet traffic generated by AI agents and other autonomous systems acting online rather than by humans
By Sharon Wrobel
A SpaceX logo is displayed on a building, May 26, 2020, at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
August 28, 2026, 6:44 am
Tel Aviv-based firm helps uncover Russian-speaking hackers’ use of SpaceX’s AI tool
Gambit says the cybercrooks, who it discovered due to a server that was inadvertently shared online, were able to persuade Cursor’s agents that the hacking of at least 7 companies was a simulation
By Raphael Satter
Employees at Tel Aviv-based venture group Team8. (Courtesy)
August 13, 2026, 12:38 am
Backed by Walmart and Cisco, Israel’s Team8 raises $365m to help build AI startups
Venture group plans to use funds for investing in 16 companies that focus on software infrastructure needed for businesses to securely manage AI agents in workloads
By Sharon Wrobel
Team at AI security startup Onyx Security. (Courtesy of Netanel Tobias)
July 30, 2026, 9:02 pm
Israeli cyber startup raises $113m to secure and control autonomous AI agents
Onyx Security is developing technology to govern the use of advanced autonomous systems as companies hand more of their workflows to an army of AI agents
By Sharon Wrobel
Israeli startup Oasis Security founders Danny Brickman (right) and Amit Zimerman. (Courtesy of Ohad Kab).
July 28, 2026, 8:18 pm
Cyera to acquire Israeli AI startup Oasis Security in $1 billion deal
Company develops technology for managing non-human identities, such as AI agents, to help businesses control the risks of adopting autonomous tools into work processes
By Sharon Wrobel
Israeli-founded database software developer Redis' research and development center in Tel Aviv. (Courtesy)
July 13, 2026, 7:56 pm
Israeli-founded data tech unicorn set to slash 25% of its Tel Aviv workforce
Redis, a developer of database software, employs about 1,300 people globally, including some 300 in Israel; is poised to cut about 75 employees from its Tel Aviv R&D center
By Sharon Wrobel
Team at Israeli startup Genie Security. (Courtesy of Ben Marash)
May 21, 2026, 4:48 pm
Six-month-old Israeli startup is bought by cyber unicorn Cyera for about $50 million
Genie Security’s two founders and five employees develop technology to detect efforts to leak sensitive data from employee devices, as they increasingly adopt generative AI tools
By Sharon Wrobel
Alon Jackson (right) and Idan Gour, co-founders of Israeli agentic AI security startup Astrix Security. (Courtesy)
May 5, 2026, 6:40 pm
US tech giant Cisco buys Israeli AI cyber startup to protect digital workforce
Astrix is the developer of a platform to address the security gap created by AI agents or digital employees gaining unrestricted access to enterprise systems
By Sharon Wrobel
Illustrative: Hand holding AI agents' virtual interface with data analytics, automation, and machine learning icons. (iStock by Getty Images/Suchat longthara)
February 11, 2026, 6:56 pm
Dutch-based Nebius buys Israeli startup that connects AI agents to the web
Founded about a year ago, Tavily is the developer of a web search infrastructure layer for autonomous agents, as businesses adopt AI agents into workloads to perform complex tasks
By Sharon Wrobel
Nvidia's Rubin next-generation AI chip computing architecture. (Courtesy of Nvidia)
January 6, 2026, 11:04 pm
Nvidia unveils next-generation AI superchip architecture partly developed in Israel
US tech giant says four out of the six new chips that make up the new Rubin computing platform were developed by engineers at its R&D centers in the Jewish state
By Sharon Wrobel
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