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Israel is poised to become the first country globally to implement AI tutoring nationwide. Startup eSelf, in collaboration with the Center for Educational Technology (CET), Israel's largest K-12 textbook publisher, will provide personalized AI personal tutoring to students across the country. Harvard University will serve as an academic advisor for the pilot program, evaluating its educational framework and impact. The initial pilot phase, launching in May, is expected to involve 10,000 students. This collaboration aims to address two major challenges facing education today: declining student achievement and a global teacher shortage.

In today's generative AI-driven world, how brands perform in machine-generated search results is increasingly crucial. Israeli startup Brandlight recently announced a $5.7 million funding round to help businesses effectively influence how AI models perceive and represent their brands. Founded by CEO Imri Marcus, CTO Dvir Dvash, and COO Uri Gafni, the company attracted Cardumen Capital upon launch.

Recently, reports have emerged indicating that Google has entered into close cooperation with the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) following the outbreak of conflict with Hamas. This information comes from internal company documents obtained by The Washington Post, which reveal that employees from Google Cloud responded directly to requests from the Israeli military for AI tools in the weeks following the conflict. It is understood that after Hamas launched an attack on Israel on October 7th, Google Cloud employees established contact with the IDF and emphasized the urgent need for responses in internal discussions.

Nvidia is constructing a research and development supercomputer in northern Israel with a power capacity of 30 megawatts, with an expected investment of $500 million. This supercomputer is located in the Mevo'ot Eron area near Yokne'am Illit, covering an area of 10,000 square meters, and will house hundreds of the latest generation Blackwell liquid cooling systems. Although the exact number of deployed accelerators is not yet clear, Israeli media reports suggest that the configuration is expected to include 'thousands of' graphics processing units (GPUs).

Israeli tech company Lightricks has recently launched a lightning-fast AI video processing platform called LTX Video (LTXV). This platform uses advanced artificial intelligence models that can run on commonly used graphics processing units (GPU). Released in late November, LTXV can generate a 5-second AI video clip at a resolution of 768x512 in just 4 seconds, making it stand out among other AI video platforms. With its 2 billion parameters, it is capable of even...

Recently, Salesforce once again turned its attention to Israel, announcing the acquisition of a startup called Zoomin Software. The deal is approximately $450 million, which is significantly less than Salesforce's recent $1.9 billion acquisition of cloud backup company Own Co, but Zoomin's technology holds important value in handling unstructured data. Image Source Note: Image generated by AI, image licensed from service provider Midjourney.

Recently, the Israeli Ministry of Innovation, Science and Technology announced the establishment of a National Artificial Intelligence Expert Forum aimed at providing the government with policy and regulatory advice on artificial intelligence. This forum will bring together experts from academia, industry, and various social organizations to collaboratively discuss how to promote the safe use of artificial intelligence to foster innovation and maximize its social and economic benefits. Note: The image is generated by AI, with the image licensing service provided by Midjourney. The forum's main task is to assist in formulating government strategies and policies, particularly in innovation support.

Datricks, a startup based in Tel Aviv, Israel, recently raised $15 million in a Series A funding round led by venture capital firm Team8, with participation from global enterprise software giant SAP and existing investors Jerusalem Venture Partners (JVP).

Israeli AI company aiOla has released an open source speech recognition model named Whisper Medusa, which is based on an improved architecture design that incorporates multi-head attention mechanisms, allowing it to process speech 50% faster than OpenAI's Whisper model. Whisper Medusa makes parallel predictions of ten tokens instead of the traditional one at a time, significantly enhancing speech recognition speed while maintaining performance. Its innovative training method employs weak supervision, freezing the backbone system and utilizing...

The US Justice Department is investigating Nvidia's acquisition of Israeli AI startup Run:ai, suspecting that it may violate antitrust laws. In April of this year, Nvidia announced the acquisition but did not disclose the price, which is estimated to be around $700 million. The Justice Department has inquired about the transaction's competitive impacts from market participants, but the scope of the investigation is unclear. Nvidia stated that it complies with the law, supports industry innovation, and is willing to provide any necessary information. Run:ai has not responded to requests for comment. US regulators are ramping up scrutiny of anticompetitive behavior in the AI sector, particularly concerning large tech companies.

Israeli artificial intelligence startup CytoReason recently announced the completion of an $80 million funding round, with investors including industry giants such as Nvidia, Pfizer, OurCrowd, and Thermo Fisher Scientific. The company plans to use the funds to accelerate the development of its AI platform for disease modeling and drug discovery.Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Tel Aviv, CytoReason's AI platform extracts insights from human disease data to create computational disease models

Israel is developing a Cyber Dome system to protect critical infrastructure against digital threats. The design of the Cyber Dome system is inspired by Israel's Iron Dome air defense system and incorporates generative AI. The system is jointly managed by government departments, including the military and security agencies. Development of the Cyber Dome system is accelerating, with details not yet disclosed. The system will help process a large volume of daily threat intelligence to identify real threats.

NVIDIA has canceled its planned AI summit in Israel due to the impact of the Israel-Palestine conflict. It remains uncertain whether the event will be rescheduled or if alternative arrangements will be made, particularly regarding the recording or broadcasting of keynote speeches. NVIDIA had originally intended to showcase the latest breakthroughs in generative AI and accelerated computing at this summit. This decision may affect Israel's AI ecosystem. Geopolitical tensions are impacting global tech events.

Nvidia originally planned to hold an artificial intelligence summit in Tel Aviv, Israel, on October 15-16. However, due to the escalation of conflict between Israel and the Gaza Strip leading to security concerns, Nvidia has decided to cancel the event. The summit was set to feature numerous experts from the AI industry, covering a wide range of artificial intelligence applications. Nvidia stated that the cancellation was made as the only choice for the safety and health of participants. There is currently no information indicating whether the summit will be rescheduled as an online event, and the timing is yet to be determined.

Israel has launched the new AI tank 'Barak', marking a new era in warfare. The 'Barak' tank features 360-degree battlefield awareness, providing comprehensive visibility. Tank operators use specially designed helmets to achieve real-time intelligence sharing, enhancing combat effectiveness. This new tank integrates advanced observation and night vision technologies, excelling in close-quarter combat. This AI tank represents a high level of Israel's military technology and is set to gradually replace the Merkava tank.

Israeli startup AI21 Labs announced the completion of $155 million in funding, with Google and Nvidia also participating. AI21 Labs focuses on customized generative AI models, boasting its own large model, Jurassic-2, competing with OpenAI to provide more accurate and reliable text generation services.

Doctors at Galilee Medical Center in Israel successfully saved the life of a 50-year-old patient using artificial intelligence technology. The patient, who had been suffering from headaches for several days, underwent a CT scan of the head. An AI-assisted diagnostic program detected the risk of intracranial bleeding in advance, quickly recalled the patient, and performed emergency surgery, saving his life. This AI program, called Viz.ai, uses advanced FDA-certified algorithms to analyze medical imaging data such as CT scans, providing real-time insights and automated assessments, accelerating the diagnostic and treatment process.

Cancer detection startup C2i Genomics has partnered with Tel Aviv's Sourasky Medical Center, Israel's top hospital, to utilize cloud-based artificial intelligence solutions for early cancer detection. C2i Genomics focuses on whole-genome minimal residual disease (MRD) detection to enhance cancer detection and monitoring capabilities. The collaboration will advance internal research and clinical trials at the hospital and facilitate drug development for pharmaceutical companies.

{1:C2i Genomics, a cancer detection startup, collaborates with Israel's top hospital, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, to utilize cloud-based AI solutions for early cancer detection. 2:C2i Genomics focuses on whole genome minimal residual disease (MRD) detection to enhance the ability to detect and monitor cancer. 3:The collaboration will drive internal research and clinical trials at the hospital and promote drug development by pharmaceutical companies.}