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20 stories about AI
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Palo Alto Networks and rivals surge as AI leaders warn of new cyber threats

14.09.26|Shir Reiter
Palo Alto, CrowdStrike and Zscaler are all up around 15% as investors bet that growing concerns over increasingly capable AI systems could drive greater demand for cybersecurity solutions.
מטה Oracle אורקל רדווד סיטי  קליפורניה עמק הסיליקון 2

Oracle begins another round of layoffs as $2.8 billion restructuring plan expands

14.09.26|Allon Sinai
Employees were told their positions were being eliminated as part of a “broader organizational change” and that their last working day was immediately, but Oracle has not disclosed how many workers are affected.
מימין מנכ"ל OpenAI סם אלטמן מייסד ומנכ"ל אנתרופיק אנת'רופיק דריו אמודיי מייסד ומנכ"ל SpaceX אילון מאסק

If AI is really this dangerous, why are its leaders still racing ahead?

14.09.26|Omer Kabir
Amodei, Altman and Musk have all warned about the consequences of increasingly powerful AI, yet development continues at extraordinary speed. The contradiction points to the complicated interests behind the industry’s calls for caution.
נשיא ארה"ב דונלד טראמפ

“Whoever wins AI wins”: Trump pushes back against growing calls to slow development

14.09.26|Reuters, CTech
Trump dismissed concerns over extreme AI risks as he defended U.S. leadership in the technology. At the same time, Anthropic researchers and executives are calling for international coordination and a slower pace of development.
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Startup Nation Central shuts down Finder, its flagship database of Israeli tech, and starts looking for a buyer

14.09.26|Zachy Hennessey
Interim CEO Aviva Steinberger says the platform was becoming overshadowed by AI search tools. A source close to SNC points to a cost problem too, and says the org quietly tested a paid version before pulling the plug. 
Yoav Chen, VP Threat and Vulnerability Management at Akamai.

"The sheer velocity of AI innovation makes control the single biggest challenge for modern enterprises"

14.09.26|Zachy Hennessey
Yoav Chen, VP Threat and Vulnerability Management at Akamai, joined CTech to share his thoughts on agentic AI security, and why he thinks the real risk isn't a malicious AI, it's losing visibility into what agents are doing. 
Ofek Haviv Terra Security

Terra: “The researcher of the future isn't competing with agents on speed”

14.09.26|Amy Shapiro
Ofek Haviv, Cyber Security Researcher at Terra Security, describes how building autonomous penetration testing today is operating without a playbook as part of CTech’s Security Researchers series.
Yaniv Balmas Salt Security

Salt: “Truly innovative research comes from freedom of thought and as few boundaries as possible”

14.09.26|Amy Shapiro
Yaniv Balmas, VP Research at Salt Security, explores how a strong research team operates several steps ahead of its own product as part of CTech’s Security Researchers series.
אורקל Oracle

Oracle’s AI transformation gets more expensive as layoffs continue

14.09.26|CTech
Oracle has raised its expected restructuring costs by $700 million to approximately $2.8 billion, with the program including workforce reductions linked partly to AI adoption.
מייסד ומנכ"ל אנתרופיק דריו אמודיי

Anthropic’s $2 trillion IPO is taking shape as Nvidia considers a $10 billion investment

14.09.26|CTech
The Claude maker has selected Nasdaq for a potential listing and could seek to raise as much as $100 billion, while its annualized revenue has surged above $65 billion and adjusted operating income is expected to remain positive for a second consecutive quarter.
רינת בוכהולץ מייסדת ומנכ"לית Global Team

Did we overestimate how quickly AI would replace workers?

13.09.26|Rinat Buchholz
"The companies that win in the AI era may not be those that use it to replace the greatest number of employees," writes Rinat Buchholz, Founder and CEO of Global Teams. "They may be the ones that first recognize that the scarce resource has changed."  
מנכ"ל OpenAI סם אלטמן מרץ 2026

Sam Altman: OpenAI won’t go public this year as AI safety risks grow

13.09.26|CTech
OpenAI CEO expressed support for Anthropic’s CEO’s call to slow the pace of model improvements, emphasizing companies’ responsibility to prevent risks to humanity and prioritize safety over profits
Roey Vilnai Axonious

Axonius: “Not being knowledgeable enough about something is no longer an excuse”

13.09.26|Amy Shapiro
Roey Vilnai, Director of Cyber Research at Axonius, explains why today's security researchers must treat their AI tools as team members as part of CTech’s Security Researchers series.
Ofek Itach Cyera

Cyera: “Assumptions can be broken and once you look for them you find bugs”

13.09.26|Amy Shapiro
Ofek Itach, Security Research Team Lead at Cyera, details the discovery of critical vulnerabilities in widely adopted open-source LLM tools as part of CTech’s Security Researchers series.
פיצוץ ב איחוד האמירויות בעקבות התקפה של איראן 5.3.26

Iran war forces UAE to rethink one of the world’s biggest AI data center projects

11.09.26|Reuters
The 5-gigawatt UAE-US AI Campus was originally planned as a vast single site in Abu Dhabi. Now officials are considering spreading the project across the country and hardening facilities against attacks, according to Reuters. 
Roey Fizitzky Alice

Alice: “The vulnerabilities we identify could affect billions if discovered by the wrong people”

11.09.26|Amy Shapiro
Roey Fizitzky, VP of Security Research at Alice, explores the challenge of building practical defenses for an ever-evolving AI threat landscape as part of CTech’s Security Researchers series.
Omri Inbar Novee Security

Novee: “AI turns one strong researcher into something closer to a whole team”

11.09.26|Amy Shapiro
Omri Inbar, Vulnerability Researcher at Novee Security describes how automated offense is raising the bar for defenders across the global cyber landscape as part of CTech’s Security Researchers series.
כינוס המחאה של עובדי AIG

Hundreds of AIG employees to strike over wages, job security and AI plans

11.09.26|Almog Azar
A year of negotiations between AIG management, the workers’ union and the Histadrut has ended without an agreement. Employees are also seeking guarantees over the company’s planned AI voice agent, which they fear could change their jobs and lead to staff reductions.