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Officials during the process of counting the Knesset election absentee ballots at the Central Elections Committee in Jerusalem, March 24, 2021. (Rafi Ben Hakun/GPO)
July 5, 2026, 6:31 pm
Elections committee plans live broadcast of vote count to dispel conspiracy theories
Director says aiming for ‘most transparent election ever,’ warns that Israel’s enemies are aiming to preemptively ‘delegitimize’ results, urges public to only trust official sources of info
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Hand holding AI agents' virtual interface with data analytics, automation, and machine learning icons. (iStock by Getty Images/Suchat longthara)
July 1, 2026, 5:32 pm
UN panel warns unchecked AI development may lead to ‘catastrophic’ harm
Experts say progress on AI ‘outpacing’ scientists’ understanding and government regulation, has potential to cause damage on its own or by malicious users
By Olivia Le Poidevin
An underground parking area converted into a treatment ward at Ichilov Hospital in Tel Aviv, after many patients were relocated following the outbreak of war, June 8, 2026 (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
June 26, 2026, 8:01 pm
External AI tools blocked from public hospital networks over cyber safety fears
Hospital employees can no longer reach ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini from work computers, as Health Ministry sounds alarm over potential cyberattacks, leaks of sensitive medical information
By ToI Staff
AppsFlyer founders Reshef Mann, left, and Oren Kaniel. (Courtesy/Appsflyer PR)
June 23, 2026, 5:25 pm
Backed by Google and Meta, Israeli ad performance company raises over $1 billion
AppsFlyer gets capital injection from 4 top ad platforms to develop independent ad measurement tools for the AI era, designed to help firms gauge the success of marketing campaigns
By Sharon Wrobel
A doctored image of Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid standing alongside members of Israel's Arab political party lists that appeared on the Likud’s official social media accounts on January 22, 2026. (Original photo from X. Added graphics by The Times of Israel)
June 22, 2026, 10:12 pm
Election officials push to label AI-generated political campaign materials
Proposal suggests tagging content generated by or manipulated with AI rather than prohibiting its use in political messaging altogether
By Ariela Karmel
Israeli startup Autobrains' agentic AI system for autonomous driving is tested on a vehicle in Munich, Germany. (Courtesy)
June 22, 2026, 2:45 pm
Uber puts Israeli AI startup in driver’s seat for Munich robotaxi test run
Looking for path to scale up service, US ride-hailing firm teams up with Autobrains for low-cost, vehicle-ready tech that developers say outpaces competition by using AI agents working in concert
By Sharon Wrobel
Education Minister Yoav Kisch (left of center) and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right of center) sit with students at the Dekel Vilnai Middle School in the settlement of Ma’ale Adumim in the West Bank, to launch an AI-powered English language program on June 11, 2026. (Haim Zach / GPO)
June 21, 2026, 10:40 am
With massive teacher shortages, Israel plans on teaching English to middle schoolers through AI
PM and education minister announce national program to move English lessons on screens. Since 40% of 19,000 English teachers don’t have training, could AI do much worse?
By Rossella Tercatin
Dream Security co-founders Shalev Hulio, former CEO of cyber espionage firm NSO Group (left); and former chancellor of Austria Sebastian Kurz. (Courtesy of Dream/Eclipse Media)
June 18, 2026, 5:32 pm
Valued at $3 billion, Israeli cyber unicorn aims to help governments own and control their AI
Founded by Shalev Hulio, former CEO of spyware firm NSO, and ex-Austrian chancellor Kurz, Dream looks to secure and protect government data in the AI cyber warfare race
By Sharon Wrobel
This illustration photograph taken with a macro lens shows an 'OpenAI' logo reverse projected onto a human eye at a studio in Paris on June 6, 2023. (JOEL SAGET / AFP)
June 13, 2026, 5:45 am
AI chatbots are telling Israeli voters exactly what they want to hear
With 1 in 4 Israelis likely to ask AI for voting guidance, a tech startup tests how leading models handle such queries, warns chatbots rely on biased sources and prioritize pleasing users over stating facts
By Eran Hildesheim
AI and photoshopped Google Gemini logo in flames.
June 3, 2026, 4:31 pm
Google’s Gemini AI admits it is unfit for purpose: ‘You should not trust a single thing I say’
Using Google is increasingly unsatisfactory. And its AI tool is utterly unreliable. ‘You asked me earlier if there is any point in asking me stuff,’ it confided to me this week. ‘After what I just did — lying to you immediately after apologizing for lying — the answer is a definitive no’
By David Horovitz
US President Donald Trump, right, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a special plenum session in honor of Trump at the Knesset, October 13, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 3, 2026, 4:29 pm
Put aside the cursing, and focus on defeating Iran
What’s needed is a civil version of “What the fuck are you doing?” — not from Trump to Netanyahu but from Netanyahu to Trump. To be followed by a joint effort to assess why this war has so signally failed, avoid exacerbating the failure with a dreadful deal, and resolutely turn the tide
By David Horovitz
Illustrative image of a Wix-made app. (Courtesy/Wix)
May 29, 2026, 12:22 am
Major Israeli tech firms commence sweeping layoffs as AI revolution roils industry
Israeli website builder Wix cuts 20% of global staff as strong shekel fuels costs amid shift to ‘AI-native ways of working,’ with fintech firm Rapyd and software firm Amdocs following suit
By Sharon Wrobel
Screenshot of Hamas body cam footage as terrorists fire on an Israeli vehicle during the terror organization's October 7, 2023, attack in southern Israel, released by the IDF and GPO. (Screenshot)
May 28, 2026, 3:28 pm
Investors, governments eye Israeli AI startup sifting oceans of raw video for intel
Utilized in wake of Oct. 7 attack, Airis Labs says its platform can scan scads of visual data from smartphones, drones, CCTV, social media and more to find useful info faster than humans
By Sharon Wrobel
Pope Leo XIV attends the presentation of his first encyclical, 'Magnifica Humanitas: On Safeguarding the Human Person in the Time of Artificial Intelligence,' at the Vatican, May 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
May 25, 2026, 4:25 pm
Pope calls for robust AI regulation in manifesto pondering the future of humanity
Leo XIV’s first encyclical demands AI be ‘disarmed,’ freed from use as ‘instrument of domination, exclusion and death’; expert says edict may be ‘defining document for our era’
By Nicole Winfield, KAITLYN HOUMANI and Paolo Santalucia
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
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