Israel's National AI Directorate, operating within the Prime Minister's Office, has detailed a national AI program approved in June that includes a National AI Institute, AI application programs, a pr…
A new investigation by Responsible Statecraft reveals that Israel created a fake think tank, the 'Institute for Research on Middle East Policy,' to manipulate AI chatbots into spreading propaganda. Th…
Israel has engaged a strategist from the Steve Bannon era in a $46 million AI influence campaign targeting the Gaza conflict, according to a report. The campaign reportedly aims to shape the outputs o…
The South China Morning Post's July 2026 global relations roundup highlights seven stories, including NATO's new defence projects against Russia and China, China's openness to reducing its EU trade su…
The UK and Israel appointed their first national AI chiefs this week, signaling a shift in how governments treat artificial intelligence. UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham named Kanishka Narayan as Brita…
The U.S. House of Representatives passed a $1.15 trillion defense bill, part of the annual National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), to enhance military cooperation with Israel through a new U.S.-Isr…
The US House passed a $1.15 trillion defence bill that includes plans to expand military cooperation with Israel through joint work on missile defence, drones and artificial intelligence, a move criti…
Clavicular, the American influencer whose real name is Braden Eric Peters, launched Face Harmony, an AI facial analysis app that scans users' faces to rate symmetry, jawline, and grooming potential, a…
Israel's National AI Program, approved in June 2026, aims to build 10 AI factories per year and shift compute to the Negev and Galilee, but the Electricity Authority has suspended new data center grid…
Peace activist and US Army Ranger veteran Gregory Stoker warns that defense contractors use Gaza and the West Bank as a testing ground for cyber-dystopian tech, including advanced spyware, AI drones, …
Israel has spent more than $45 million on an AI-driven influence campaign targeting U.S. public opinion, according to a Wall Street Journal investigation. The campaign, run by former Trump digital adv…
Israel has spent over $45 million on an AI-powered US influence campaign run by Trump's 2016 digital chief Brad Parscale, using fake personas to send AI-generated texts and seeding web content to mani…
A protester confronted Amazon CTO Werner Vogels at a public event, accusing Amazon of enabling Israel's use of its AI technology in military operations in Gaza. The protester demanded Amazon stop prov…
Israel is spending $50 million on an AI-powered campaign to improve U.S. public opinion, with texts written by artificial intelligence and pushed by a longtime Trump adviser's firm, according to the W…
Nearly half of U.S. House Democrats voted yesterday to eliminate $3.3 billion in military and humanitarian aid to Israel, though the amendment failed 314-104, revealing a party split on U.S.-Israel re…
Boko Haram fighters are using AI chatbots like Claude and ChatGPT to design bigger explosives and plan attacks, according to a Cambridge University study cited by Pod Save the World hosts Tommy Vietor…
Israel's experience as a live laboratory for AI-enabled cognitive warfare since October 2023 shows that AI-driven recontextualization of authentic content has collapsed the cost of cognitive attacks t…
Brad Parscale, former head of Donald Trump's election campaign, is leading an Israel-funded digital influence operation through his firm Clock Tower X LLC to gain MAGA support for the U.S.-Israel conf…
Iranian government-linked group Explosive Media released an AI-generated Lego-style video depicting the death of U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham, drawing widespread condemnation. The video, part of Iran's…
Israel's Arrow 4 interceptor is moving toward serial-production capability in 2026, with the Israeli Missile Defense Organization stating it will include artificial intelligence technology for guidanc…