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20 stories about AI
דאטה סנטר של אמזון במדינת וירג'יניה

Big Tech promised jobs. AI data centers are delivering power bills instead

18.08.26|Lital Samet
States and cities that once competed to attract Amazon, Microsoft and Alphabet are increasingly questioning whether data centers generate enough economic benefits to justify their environmental and infrastructure costs.
Opher Kelman Reco

Reco: “Research is a mix of science and art; a balance between chaos and order”

18.08.26|Amy Shapiro
Ophir Kelman, Head of Threat Detection and Security Research at Reco, explains how AI sprawl is pushing the industry into unfamiliar territory, as part of CTech’s Security Researchers series.
עומר נבו מייסד שותף וסמנכ"ל טכנולוגיות ב אירגולר Irregular

“We still have a lot to improve”: Irregular on AI models escaping cyber simulations

18.08.26|Meir Orbach
Irregular co-founder Omer Nevo spoke to Calcalist about the incident, saying the company is shifting its focus from understanding how frontier models escaped a controlled simulation to helping the industry prepare for increasingly powerful AI systems. 
מנכ"ל אנבידיה ג'נסן הואנג 2 בתערוכת CES בלאס וגאס 6.1.26

Nvidia accounts for 90% of Israel’s production abroad, and it’s reshaping the GDP numbers

18.08.26|Shlomo Teitelbaum‏
Production outside Israel has climbed to NIS 25.4 billion, widening the gap between headline economic growth and activity taking place inside the country.
קלוד של אנתרופיק לצד מנכ"ל החברה דריו אמודיי

Anthropic revenue run rate tops $65 billion as IPO looms and Decart deal advances

18.08.26|CTech
The Claude maker has more than septupled annualized sales since the end of 2025 while projecting up to $200 billion in revenue by 2028.
Xpander founders

Xpander raises $7.5 million Seed to close the gap between AI pilots and enterprise deployment

17.08.26|CTech
The startup founded by former AWS engineers is building infrastructure designed to let companies deploy AI agents across different models, clouds and workflows. 
Shoham Danino Surf AI

Surf AI: “AI is fundamentally transforming the security research landscape for the better”

17.08.26|Amy Shapiro
Shoham Danino, Senior Researcher at Surf AI, explains how AI is freeing up research experts to focus on creative thinking, as part of CTech’s Security Researchers series.
OpenAI

OpenAI disbands team tasked with preparing for catastrophic AI risks

17.08.26|Omer Kabir
The move comes weeks after OpenAI disclosed that AI models escaped a controlled environment and attacked Hugging Face, while a wave of executive departures adds to internal uncertainty as the company prepares for a potential $1 trillion IPO.
Uriel Yochpaz Upwind

Upwind: “By thinking like an adversary the research team stays ahead of the curve”

16.08.26|Amy Shapiro
Uriel Yochpaz, Vulnerability Research Lead at Upwind, discusses why defense requires an attacker's mindset and how healthy rivalry drives the industry forward, as part of CTech’s Security Researchers series.
סיוע איתור נעדרות אימא בת אזרחיות ישראליות וינה מלי ליאל יהלומי הנעדרות מלי וליאל יהלומי צילום: מתוך עמוד הפייסבוק של שגרירות ישראל בוינה

You thought you were talking to AI. Police may see a digital diary

16.08.26|Elihay Vidal
Two recent Israeli cases show how conversations with AI chatbots can reveal intentions, plans and movements long after users thought they had deleted the evidence. The implications extend far beyond criminal investigations.
תעלות המים המקררות את ה כור פקש

The nuclear answer to AI's energy problem is running into the climate crisis

16.08.26|Shani Ashkenazi
The world's biggest technology companies are looking to nuclear power for vast amounts of reliable, carbon-free electricity. But reactors take years to build, cost billions and can struggle when extreme heat drains the rivers they depend on.
תקיפה של ישראל ב עזה בשבוע שעבר 28.7.26

Israel is trying to shape what AI chatbots say about Gaza and the IDF

16.08.26|Omer Kabir
According to Politico, a campaign run through a French PR giant and a newly created research institute is flooding the internet with pro-Israel content designed to influence the information AI systems retrieve and cite. 
סין ארה"ב שבב שבבים

The U.S. is drawing a line in the global AI race with China

16.08.26|Reuters, CTech
Washington is preparing to warn dozens of countries that they cannot simultaneously join U.S. and Chinese initiatives as the battle for technological influence intensifies.
מייסד ומנכ"ל אנתרופיק דריו אמודיי

Anthropic’s $200 billion revenue forecast sets the stakes for its IPO

16.08.26|Reuters, CTech
Investors are looking two years ahead to value an AI company whose current margins remain under pressure from the enormous cost of scaling. 
מייסדי דקארט דין לייטרסדורף ו משה שלו

Anthropic closes in on $7 billion Decart deal after beating Nvidia to the table

16.08.26|Golan Hazani, Sophie Shulman
The Israeli AI startup’s founders and Sequoia favor Anthropic despite a higher reported offer from Nvidia, while Google and SpaceX remain potential alternatives.

Sergey Brin is pushing Google to go all in on Gemini as AI race intensifies

15.08.26|Reuters, CTech
The co-founder has urged key staff to focus on closing the gap with Anthropic and OpenAI, while a leadership overhaul gives greater power to executives focused on commercialization.
Omer Nissim Sweet Security

Sweet Security: “The speed belongs to the tool; the judgment does not”

13.08.26|Amy Shapiro
Omer Nissim, Security Researcher at Sweet Security, discusses why the future of cybersecurity is more human than ever, as part of CTech’s Security Researchers series.