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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

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, left, and Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, right. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez, Stephan Savoia)

June 22, 2023, 9:26 pm

Musk challenges Zuckerberg to a fight; Facebook chief accepts

Tech billionaires apparently agree to scrap in social media back-and-forth

By AP

Scientists analyzing DNA helix and editing genome within organisms, CRISPR technology (elenabs via iStock by Getty Images)

June 15, 2023, 3:10 pm

‘Next’: A glimpse at innovators and tech set to change the world as we know it

This summary of Avi Jorisch’s new book takes a look at how people and countries are helping meet 13 key sustainable development goals

By Shoshanna Solomon

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Cybertech Israel Conference and Exhibition, in Tel Aviv, attended by thousands of leading multi-national corporates, SMB's, start-ups, private and corporate investors, venture capital firms, experts and clients. January 31, 2016. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90/File)

June 5, 2023, 10:28 pm

Israel to develop policies for AI use, Netanyahu says after talks with Musk, Altman

PM trumpets country’s potential as powerhouse, claims US leaders in field also believe Israel will become major AI player following phone calls with heads of Twitter and OpenAI

By Jeremy Sharon

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

In this file photo taken on February 10, 2022 Elon Musk pauses and looks down as he speaks during a press conference at SpaceX's Starbase facility near Boca Chica Village in South Texas. (Jim Watson/AFP)

May 30, 2023, 11:22 pm

Health Ministry calls out Elon Musk for sharing ‘fake news’ on COVID-19

After Twitter owner gave his support to tweet from far-right site claiming no data to show young people died from coronavirus, ministry warns misinformation is ‘dangerous’

By Gabe Friedman

The Twitter splash page is seen on a digital device on April 25, 2022, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)

May 27, 2023, 4:05 pm

Twitter quits voluntary EU agreement to combat online disinformation

Bloc official says social media giant’s ‘obligations remain’; code contains pledges such as better cooperation with fact-checkers, not promoting actors distributing disinformation

By AFP

Elon Musk, Tesla CEO, attends the opening of the Tesla factory Berlin Brandenburg in Gruenheide, Germany, March 22, 2022 (Patrick Pleul/Pool via AP, File)

May 26, 2023, 8:15 pm

Elon Musk’s Neuralink says it’s cleared to test brain implants in people

Company makes announcement on Twitter, but recruitment for clinical trial not open yet; tech aims to enable human brains to communicate directly with computers

By Glenn Chapman

This photo shows the live Twitter talk between Elon Musk and Ron DeSantis diplayed on a phone on May 24, 2023 in Bethesda, Maryland. (Pedro UGARTE / AFP)

May 25, 2023, 3:36 am

DeSantis launches US presidential bid in Twitter announcement plagued by glitches

Audio stream crashes repeatedly as Republican Florida governor makes unusual decision to launch campaign in online conversation with Elon Musk

By Steve Peoples, Adriana Gomez Licon and ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis speaks to guests at the Republican Party of Marathon County Lincoln Day Dinner annual fundraiser in Rotschild, Wisconsin, May 6, 2023. (Scott Olson/Getty Images/AFP)

May 23, 2023, 11:25 pm

DeSantis set to announce 2024 bid Wednesday on Twitter with Elon Musk

Musk seems to confirm online event, saying ‘quite an announcement’ coming: ‘First time something like this is happening on social media’

By Steve Peoples

Likud MK Amichai Chikli speaks at the Federation of Local Authorities conference in Tel Aviv, December 7, 2022. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

May 22, 2023, 12:21 pm

Chikli doubles down on Soros attacks despite criticism rhetoric is antisemitic

Foreign Ministry said to have intervened ahead of Diaspora minister’s visit to Canada next week after Ottawa complained he was only meeting far-right representatives

By ToI Staff and Tal Schneider

(L) US Special Envoy to Combat and Monitor Antisemitism Deborah Lipstadt speaks at a conference in Brussels on October 20, 2022. (R) Likud MK Amichai Chikli speaks at the Federation of Local Authorities conference in Tel Aviv, December 7, 2022. (US State Department/Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

May 20, 2023, 3:50 am

US antisemitism envoy pans attacks on Soros, after criticism by Diaspora minister

Following Amichai Chikli’s defense of Elon Musk, who claimed that megadonor ‘hates humanity,’ Deborah Lipstadt likens such rhetoric to antisemitic tropes invoking Rothschild family

By Jacob Magid

Twitter CEO Elon Musk speaks at the Twitter 2.0: From Conversations to Partnerships marketing conference in Miami Beach, Florida, on April 18, 2023. (Chandan Khanna/AFP)

May 19, 2023, 4:23 am

After Musk’s anti-Soros remarks, Diaspora minister calls Twitter chief a ‘role model’

Amichai Chikli says ‘vast majority’ of Israelis look up to the tech billionaire, after foreign ministry and ADL said his comments against philanthropist stoked antisemitism

By ToI Staff and JTA

Twitter CEO Elon Musk is seen on stage as he speaks at the POSSIBLE marketing conference, April 18, 2023, in Miami Beach, Florida. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

May 17, 2023, 10:27 am

Musk attacks ADL for saying his anti-Soros tweets will embolden antisemites

Twitter CEO says watchdog should ‘drop the A’ and be called the Defamation League, as ties between US billionaire and major Jewish organization have rapidly deteriorated

By Ben Sales

Elon Musk departs the Phillip Burton Federal Building and United States Court House in San Francisco, January 24, 2023. (Benjamin Fanjoy/AP)

May 16, 2023, 11:16 pm

Israel accuses Elon Musk of stoking antisemitism on Twitter after anti-Soros remark

‘The Jews’ trends on platform after billionaire says Jewish philanthropist ‘hates humanity’; Foreign Ministry pans company for taking no action

By JTA and ToI Staff

April 21, 2023, 1:56 am

Twitter begins removing blue checks from users who don’t pay

High-profile users like Beyoncé, Pope Francis, and ex-president Trump lose their blue badges as Musk rolls out long-promised move to strip un-paid-for Blue Ticks from users

By Agencies