OpenAI
Israeli-media coverage mentioning OpenAI, translated into English and compared across sources. 48 recent stories.
Report Claims Major AI Chatbots Lean Left on Political Questions
A Washington Post report says several leading chatbots show political bias, with ChatGPT most often producing left-leaning answers in a 29-question test. OpenAI and Anthropic reje…
Google prepares for a future where its AI may not obey
Google DeepMind has introduced an AI Control Roadmap to monitor and restrict advanced AI agents in case they act unpredictably. The company says the system is meant to counter rea…
AI startup sues Trump administration over access block to Anthropic models
Legion sued the Trump administration in federal court in Washington after a national-security order forced Anthropic to block access to its advanced AI models. The company says th…
Sam Altman Moves Advertising Into ChatGPT
OpenAI has begun a closed ad pilot inside ChatGPT in several countries, including work with Dentsu Israel and brands such as Nice and GlassesUSA. The company is targeting free and…
OpenAI Unveils Its First In-House AI Chip to Reduce Dependence on Nvidia
OpenAI has unveiled Jalapeño, its first in-house AI chip developed with Broadcom. The company says the chip is meant to power inference, improve efficiency, and reduce dependence…
How AI Chats Can Shape, Extract and Manipulate Our Thinking
The article says generative AI has become a powerful surveillance and influence system that can infer private traits, shape mood and weaken human choice. It cites Anthropic restri…
Zuckerberg bets on small, fast apps to find Meta’s next growth engine
Mark Zuckerberg is launching a broader push to build new Meta apps, starting with a prediction-market product called Arena that would use virtual points instead of real money. The…
Google DeepMind CEO Says Human-Level AI Could Arrive by 2030
Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis said AGI could arrive around 2030 and warned society has little time to prepare. He also said human skills like taste, design sensitivity, origi…
Snyk cuts dozens of jobs in Israel in fourth layoff round
Snyk has begun a fourth layoff round in Israel, affecting dozens of workers in its small local R&D center. The cuts come amid broader global reductions, leadership change, and gro…
Hollywood Shies Away From a Film About Sam Altman
Major studios and streamers, including Warner Bros. and Netflix, declined to buy the film Artificial about Sam Altman. Amazon also pulled out as distributor after deepening busine…
Meta launches cheaper AI glasses, including Kylie Jenner edition
Meta unveiled a new AI glasses lineup starting at $299, including a Kylie Jenner-branded model, and said older glasses will get its Muse Spark AI through software. The launch come…
SpaceX IPO Sparks Bubble Fears After Record-Valuation Debut
SpaceX went public on June 12 on Nasdaq at a $1.8 trillion valuation, raising $75 billion and briefly surging before easing back. Critics, including Meitav chairman Avner Stepak…
OpenAI Debuts at Cannes to Court Advertisers Ahead of Planned IPO
OpenAI is using its first Cannes appearance to sell advertisers on ChatGPT ads while preparing for a fall IPO. The company says ad revenue will help fund access to information, bu…
Google Invests $75 Million in A24 to Explore AI for Filmmaking
Google is investing $75 million in A24 as part of an AI research partnership focused on film production and distribution. The deal is Google’s first investment in a movie studio a…
OpenAI unveils GPT-5.5-Cyber, a security model built to find and fix flaws
OpenAI launched GPT-5.5-Cyber, a security-focused model it says can detect and fix vulnerabilities faster than human teams. It claimed benchmark leadership over Anthropic’s Mythos…
Asian Markets Slide as Nasdaq Futures Drop 2%
Asian markets fell sharply after a weak US technology-led session, with Nasdaq futures down about 2% and Seoul’s Kospi plunging more than 9%. SpaceX, Alphabet, and other major tec…
Oracle cuts 21,000 jobs in a year amid AI-driven restructuring
Oracle said it cut about 21,000 jobs in fiscal 2026, reducing headcount to 141,000 by May 31, 2026. The company linked the layoffs to restructuring, AI adoption and other operatio…
Satya Nadella Calls for a Shake-Up in AI’s Closed, Expensive Model
Satya Nadella has publicly challenged the AI industry’s closed, high-cost model and urged a strategic shift. Microsoft is backing that stance by pushing cheaper AI options, explor…
UBS Sees S&P 500 Reaching 8,200 by Mid-2027 as AI Spending Surges
UBS forecasts the S&P 500 will reach 8,200 by June 2027, helped by continued AI investment and a broadening market rally. The bank also warns investors about dangerous portfolio c…
AI agents are getting pricier, pushing Amazon, Meta and others to curb usage
Amazon, Meta, Walmart, Cisco, Uber and other companies are limiting employee use of AI tools as token-based pricing drives up costs. The shift is forcing firms to choose cheaper m…
AI System Helps Doctors Identify 18 Rare Childhood Diseases
Researchers at Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard used OpenAI’s o3 model to help diagnose 18 children with rare diseases. The study, published in NEJM AI, is part of a broader…
Apple Unveils Siri AI, but Investors Stay Skeptical
Apple unveiled Siri AI at WWDC 2026, aiming to prove it can compete in artificial intelligence after delays and criticism. Shares fell about 1.9% after the event and another 2% th…
Musk’s latest AI gamble: $60 billion stock deal for Cursor maker
SpaceX said it will buy Anysphere, maker of Cursor, in a $60 billion stock deal. The acquisition is meant to strengthen Elon Musk’s AI ecosystem and compete more directly with Ope…
Amazon Drops Plans to Distribute Sam Altman Film After Major OpenAI Deals
Amazon will no longer distribute Artificial, a film about OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, after expanding its business ties with OpenAI. The movie, now nearly finished, is being shopped to…
Nobel winner John Jumper leaves Google DeepMind for Anthropic
John Jumper, a Google DeepMind vice president and 2024 Nobel Prize winner, is leaving Google to join Anthropic. He announced the move on X, and DeepMind founder Demis Hassabis pra…
From a $513 Million Peak to a New AI Pivot: What Happened to Maor Shlomo’s Startup
Maor Shlomo went from selling Base44 to Wix for $92 million to the story behind Explorium, his earlier startup that peaked at a $513 million valuation. Explorium was hit by the AI…
Record $119.2 Billion Pours Into U.S. Stocks as Tech Frenzy Builds
Bank of America said a record $119.2 billion flowed into U.S. equity funds in the week ended June 17, led by technology stocks. The report linked the surge to the end of the Iran…
The chip startup aiming to beat Nvidia on AI efficiency
Majestic Labs, a 2023 chip startup founded by former Meta and Google executives, is developing AI servers and GPUs aimed at beating Nvidia on efficiency. The company says its prod…
What Israel's 2026 Most Promising Startups Reveal About the AI Boom
Globs’ 2026 list of promising Israeli startups is dominated by AI, especially AI agents, plus hardware and physical-world applications. Investors say the fastest winners are compa…
Noam Shazeer Leaves Google Again, Joins OpenAI
AI researcher Noam Shazeer has left Google and joined OpenAI. The move follows Google’s unusual $3 billion effort to bring him back in 2024, after he previously left to found a su…
AI veteran blasts xAI as unsustainable and warns of a bubble burst
Yann LeCun says Elon Musk’s xAI is a failure and warns that AI companies are running an unsustainable business model. He says the industry may need price hikes or cost cuts soon…
After FAANG and the Magnificent Seven, Wall Street Is Talking About MANGOS
Wall Street is circulating a new AI-era acronym, MANGOS, for Meta, Anthropic, Nvidia, Google, OpenAI and SpaceX. The idea has already inspired ETF filings, but critics say it is m…
Study Finds General AI Outperforms Specialized Medical Tools
A Nature Medicine study found that general AI models, including GPT and Gemini, outperformed specialized medical tools on knowledge tests, physician-alignment tasks and real clini…
Dream Raises $260 Million at $3 Billion Valuation to Sell Sovereign AI to Governments
Dream, founded in 2023 by Shalev Hulio, Sebastian Kurz and Gil Dolev, raised $260 million at a $3 billion valuation. The Israeli company is selling sovereign AI and cyber platform…
Meta Admits Morale Is at a Two-Decade Low and Looks to Snacks for Relief
Meta executives say employee morale has slumped to near a 20-year low amid layoffs, restructurings, and the company’s AI push. The company is responding with promises of more tran…
Musk’s $28 Trillion SpaceX Vision Revives Bubble Fears Around AI and Space Stocks
Dr. Gali Ingbar says SpaceX’s huge valuation, driven largely by Elon Musk and AI hype, looks detached from its financial results. She warns that SpaceX, Anthropic and OpenAI could…
Elon Musk's Grok Used by the U.S. Military in Strikes on Iran
U.S. government filings say Elon Musk's Grok is now used by the Pentagon for target identification and intelligence analysis, including in strikes on Iran. The disclosure emerged…
eToro Executive Warns of 25% to 30% Tech Layoffs Within a Year
Dr. Hedva Ber said Israel’s tech sector could lose 25% to 30% of jobs within a year if policy and exchange rates do not change. Speaking at a financial conference, she tied the wa…
Musk's SpaceX buys AI coding startup Anysphere for $60 billion
SpaceX announced it will buy Anysphere, the company behind Cursor, for $60 billion. The deal is aimed at boosting SpaceX's position in enterprise AI and helping xAI compete with O…
How an Israeli startup shifted from content moderation to AI safety
ActiveFence, the Israeli startup founded in 2018, began as a content-moderation company and has since pivoted into AI safety. After ChatGPT’s launch, it started helping companies…
AI Can Cut Headcount, But the Real Cost May Be the Technology Itself
The article argues that AI is creating a new corporate expense, token and computing costs, that can be substantial even when productivity rises. Companies such as Elad Systems and…
AI Is Reshaping Travel Demand and Vacation Choices Worldwide
Mastercard says paid AI users are spending nearly twice as much on some travel categories and are choosing less conventional destinations. The company argues AI is now helping sha…
Investor Warns Nasdaq Could Fall 35% as Inflation and IPOs Drain Liquidity
Slavik Kolesnik warned that Nasdaq could fall 35% this year because of inflation and a coming wave of large IPOs. He said liquidity will likely be pulled from the Magnificent Seve…
Trump Heads to a Fractious G7 in France as Iran Deal Looms
The G7 opened in Evian, France, amid deep divisions, with no joint communiqué planned and Donald Trump’s possible Iran deal dominating talks. Macron is pushing French priorities…
May Returns Split Sharply Across Israel’s Major Education Funds
Israel’s largest education funds rose in May, with Analyst leading the general track and Clal Insurance leading the equity track. The gains followed strong US and Israeli market p…
Inside Meta’s AI Division, Anger Boils Over After Mass Layoffs
Meta’s AI division is under internal strain after last month’s layoffs, employee protests, and a live interruption that blasted a senior executive. Mark Zuckerberg acknowledged mi…
Stanford Graduates Walk Out as Google CEO Speaks, Chanting for Palestine
More than 100 Stanford students and graduates walked out during Google CEO Sundar Pichai’s commencement speech on June 14, chanting for Palestine and protesting Project Nimbus. Pi…
Finance Founder: Tech Risk Matters More Than Geopolitics, and Israel’s Shekel Will Keep Strengthening
Assaf Banai said tech volatility, not geopolitics, is the bigger risk to Israeli investors and predicted continued shekel strength and low inflation. He also warned against trying…