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20 stories about AI
Ronnen Lovinger and Yoel Chetrit DustPhotonics

DustPhotonics raises $24 million in Series B follow-on

21.02.24|James Spiro
The Israeli startup, which develops silicon photonics for hyperscale data center and AI applications, has built a platform for the optical network market, offering improvements in bandwidth and speeds while lowering costs and power consumption
מתוך סרטונים שיוצרו במחולל טקסט לווידאו סורה Sora של חברת OpenAI בינה מלאכותית AI

Is OpenAI's text-to-video AI model Sora a blessing or a curse?

18.02.24|Omer Kabir
The AI pioneer has unveiled Sora, a text-to-video model that enables the creation of spectacular videos using a simple text command; The fear: the new technology will be used to create fake videos featuring real people
Nanox ARC

Nanox shares surge after Nvidia reveals holding in medical imaging company

15.02.24|CTech
Nanox acquired fellow Israeli company Zebra Medical in November 2021 in which the AI chipmaker had invested
מייסדי Clarity/ גיל אבריאל (CSO & COO), נטלי פרידמן (CTO) ומיכאל מטיאס (מנכ"ל)

Clarity raises $16 million in Seed funding to defend against deepfakes

15.02.24|Meir Orbach
The Israeli AI startup enables organizations to rapidly identify and eliminate deepfakes and synthetic media created by generative AI
שבוע הסטארטאפים של גוגל יום 4 פאנל נועה אלפנט, יואב שוהם, מאיר לוין, פרופ' גל צ'צ'יק

Nvidia Sr. Director of AI Research: "Israel must invest more in AI to reclaim a leadership position in this field"

15.02.24|Hagay Gilboa
Prof. Gal Chechik was speaking on a panel with Prof. Yoav Shoham, founder and co-CEO of AI21, Noa Elefant Loffler, Director of Government Affairs and Public Policy at Google, and Deputy Attorney General Meir Levin
שבוע הסטארטאפים של גוגל יום 2 פאנל מאיה הנקין, ירון אינגר, אורי גבאי  וידאו

"The fact that Israel started late in AI doesn't mean it's impossible to catch up"

14.02.24|Omer Kabir
Uri Gabai, CEO of RISE Israel, was talking on a panel on AI development in Israel with Maya Henkin, director of Client & Partner Solutions at Google Israel, and Yaron Inger, co-founder and CTO of Lightricks
מטה Oracle אורקל רדווד סיטי  קליפורניה עמק הסיליקון 2

Oracle integrated generative AI across its systems in collaboration with Cohere and Meta

13.02.24|CTech
The OCI Generative AI Agents service, now available in beta, includes a RAG agent that combines the power of large language models and organizational search, using OCI Open Search to provide more contextual results drawn from organizational data
לירון רוז משקיע אנג'ל

Which country will be the first to establish AI-related norms and conventions?

04.02.24|Liron Rose
"Technology and world economies received a much-needed injection of energy and new blood from artificial intelligence, but the dangers of AI are more tangible than ever before," writes Liron Rose
Generative AI Chip

Mapping Israel's GenAI security pioneers

01.02.24|Sophie Shulman
It is estimated that in the past year there were between eight and ten Seed rounds for Israeli AI security companies, averaging $5-6 million
נשיא ארה"ב ג'ו ביידן 11.10.23

‘What a bunch of malarkey’: Deepfake robocalls mimic Biden's voice, sparking election manipulation fears

24.01.24|Omer Kabir
Ahead of the New Hampshire Republican primary, voters received phone calls impersonating President Biden, prompting fears that such deepfake robocalls will be increasingly used to manipulate voters in the 2024 US presidential election.
כנס TechTLV - ד"ר זאב פרבמן מייסד משותף ומנכ"ל Lightricks

Lightricks CEO: "Videos that used to take hours to produce can now be completed in a second"

17.01.24|Tomer Hadar
Dr. Zeev Farbman, co-founder of Lightricks, spoke at Calcalist's Tech TLV conference about how "We are in a difficult time, but in the world of technology there are extraordinary opportunities and we must leverage this tremendous revolution"
כנס TechTLV - עמית קריג סגן נשיא בכיר ומנהל מרכז הפיתוח בישראל Nvidia

Nvidia SVP software: "Without Israeli entrepreneurship we would not have reached where we are as a company"

16.01.24|Sophie Shulman
Amit Krig, SVP software and NIC Product line at Nvidia and the head of its Israeli site, explained that the chip giant's commitment to Israel stems from the people: "Mellanox's systems sit deep within the infrastructure that makes ChatGPT possible"
חיילים שוויצרים נערכים ל פסגת דאבוס

On the docket in Davos 2024: War in Gaza and AI regulation

14.01.24|Tamar Tunik
The economic summit will open on Monday in Switzerland against the backdrop of geopolitical tensions, the Houthi threat to global trade and the desire to introduce responsible use of artificial intelligence
Oren Visionary CES

From Gaza to CES: When Israel's tech sector balances both worlds

11.01.24|James Spiro
Israeli entrepreneurs are flying from the battleground to the playground, temporarily putting war aside to show off Startup Nation
סוחרים ב נאסד"ק בורסת ניו יורק

Regulators across the world racing to contain AI threats

20.12.23|Viki Auslender
For the first time, US and EU authorities are defining the use of artificial intelligence in the financial market as a risk, and are setting regulations to deal with it. Meanwhile in Israel, the reaction is slow and lethargic.