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OpenAI co-founders Sam Altman (center) and Ilya Sutskever (right) on a panel at Tel Aviv University, June 5, 2023. (Chen Galili)

Israel will have ‘huge role’ to play in AI revolution, OpenAI’s Sam Altman says

Visiting co-founder of Microsoft-backed OpenAI says firm is examining various investment options in Israel; meets with President Herzog, speaks to high-tech leaders and students

June 14, 2023, 9:42 pm

EU moves one step closer to ‘historic’ rules for reining in AI technology

European lawmakers back law to regulate artificial intelligence platforms like ChatGPT, amid fears the systems could disrupt democratic processes

By Raziye AKKOC

The ChatGPT app is displayed on an iPhone in New York, May 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

June 10, 2023, 9:19 am

US lawyer sorry after ChatGPT creates bogus rulings for court filing

New York-based lawyer Steven Schwartz apologizes to judge after submitting a brief full of falsehoods generated by OpenAI chatbot

By Peter HUTCHISON

June 5, 2023, 9:06 pm

Israel will have ‘huge role’ to play in AI revolution, OpenAI’s Sam Altman says

Visiting co-founder of Microsoft-backed OpenAI says firm is examining various investment options in Israel; meets with President Herzog, speaks to high-tech leaders and students

By Sharon Wrobel

June 3, 2023, 6:32 am

EU, US prepare common code of conduct on artificial intelligence

Western partners hope to develop common standards on new tech among democracies, as China makes rapid gains

By Marc Preel and Shaun Tandon

This photo, in New York, Thursday, May 18, 2023, shows the ChatGPT app on an iPhone. (AP/Richard Drew)

June 3, 2023, 5:59 am

How AI could take over elections – and undermine democracy

Concerns abound on how language models can be used to manipulate, persuade and engage in one-on-one interactions with voters to influence their behavior

By Archon Fung and Lawrence Lessig

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman speaks during a keynote address announcing ChatGPT integration for Bing at Microsoft in Redmond, Washington, on February 7, 2023. (Jason Redmond / AFP)

May 29, 2023, 1:52 pm

OpenAI’s Sam Altman to visit Tel Aviv next week as part of worldwide AI tour

Co-founder and CEO of artificial intelligence lab is expected to visit a Microsoft Israel R&D center and take part in Tel Aviv University event

By Sharon Wrobel

May 17, 2023, 6:07 am

Sam Altman: The quick, deep thinker leading OpenAI

The entrepreneur and founder, who is Jewish, is emerging as the tech titan of the artificial intelligence age

By Glenn Chapman

May 11, 2023, 5:59 pm

Europe seeks to lead world in building guardrails around AI amid rise of ChatGPT

EU bill classifies artificial intelligence systems according to four risk levels, with riskier applications to face tougher requirements regarding transparency and data sharing

By Kelvin Chan

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jennifer Egan in Israel for the 11th Jerusalem Writers Festival May 8-11, 2023 (Courtesy Chen Wagshall)

May 9, 2023, 5:50 am

Prize-winning author Jennifer Egan avoids tech, but imagines it for her characters

In Israel for 11th Jerusalem Writers Festival, writer says of her latest book, ‘The Candy House,’ that she lets her sense of curiosity guide her

By Jessica Steinberg

Israeli historian, philosopher and best-selling author Yuval Noah Harari poses for a photo at his office in Tel Aviv, Israel, Thursday, March 30, 2023 (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

May 3, 2023, 8:30 pm

Yuval Noah Harari warns AI can create religious texts, may inspire new cults

Historian and philosopher says technology could attract worshipers ready to kill in the name of religion, urges tighter oversight and regulation of sector

By ToI Staff

May 2, 2023, 10:25 am

Skver Hasidic movement bans use of artificial intelligence as window to ‘heresy’

New York-based traditionalist sect says AI chatbots and ChatGPT in particular are open to limitless abominations

By Jackie Hajdenberg

AI21 Labs introduces Jurassic-2, an advanced AI language model for automating text. (Courtesy)

March 9, 2023, 7:15 pm

Tel Aviv startup rolls out new advanced AI language model to rival OpenAI

AI21 Labs, co-founded by Amnon Shashua, launches Jurassic-2 and five new AI generative tools to paraphrase, summarize, check for grammar mistakes, and improve text

By Sharon Wrobel

February 7, 2023, 9:29 am

Google announces release of ChatGPT rival named Bard

Launch of conversational chatbot sets up showdown with Microsoft over generative AI that can mimic a human’s writing

By Glenn Chapman and Laurence Benhamou

Rabbi Joshua Franklin of the Jewish Center of the Hamptons, in New York, giving a sermon on the role of artificial intelligence in a video uploaded on January 1, 2023. (Vimeo screenshot: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

January 16, 2023, 3:01 pm

Rabbi ‘plagiarizes’ AI sermon but says humans aren’t obsolete yet

NY’s Joshua Franklin delivers speech generated by ChatGPT linking story of biblical Joseph with vulnerability; congregants clap but he seeks to underline technology’s soullessness

By Michael Horovitz