Author Archives: MichaelOrdman

Using AI to respond to hate speech

Posted on December 17, 2023

Post-grad student Zachary Bamberger at Israel’s Technion has created Rhetoric AI, helped by students and professors. It reports social media posts that violate the terms of service, and produces counterarguments in Arabic, Hebrew, or English for volunteers to utilize in … Continue reading →

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Water security for thousands of sites

Posted on December 17, 2023

Israel’s IXDen was selected by Israel’s water company Mekorot in 2021 to protect Israel’s water supply (see here previously). It will now rollout its solution to 70 locations in Israel and will protect thousands of water sites in the country. … Continue reading →

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Precise airdrop of supplies to IDF in Gaza

Posted on December 17, 2023

The IDF’s advanced operation “Gift from the skies” accurately parachuted supplies from a Shimshon (Super Hercules) aircraft to its troops in Gaza. It autonomously guided seven tons of supplies to ground forces operating in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza … Continue reading →

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World’s 3rd largest Generative AI ecosystem

Posted on December 17, 2023

Generative AI is the use of algorithms to generate text, images, or other media, indistinguishable from that produced by humans. Israel has 130 startups in this business area, raising over $2.2 billion of investment in the last 3 years, making … Continue reading →

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50 years of research exchange

Posted on December 17, 2023

Germany’s Max Planck Society celebrated the 50th anniversary of its Minerva Foundation fellowship program with the visit to Israel of a delegation of members. Minerva has enabled the exchange between Germany and Israel of more than 2,000 young researchers. https://www.timesofisrael.com/while-us-jews-say-they-dont-feel-safe-on-campus-german-academics-show-up-for-israel/ … Continue reading →

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Rescuing abandoned pets from Gaza

Posted on December 17, 2023

Many of the IDF’s heroic efforts go unnoticed, such as the rescue of abandoned animals from Gaza. They include cats, dogs, parrots, owls, and even a neglected, malnourished lion from the Gaza Zoo. Israel’s Nature and Parks Authority is working … Continue reading →

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Lost and asleep

Posted on December 17, 2023

In the middle of fighting a war, IDF reservists discovered a 4-year-old Gazan girl who had got lost, stumbled barefoot into an IDF camp, and fallen asleep. They cleaned her up, bandaged her injured feet and then arranged an ambulance … Continue reading →

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US National Academy of Inventors fellow

Posted on December 17, 2023

Prof. Shulamit Levenberg of Israel’s Technion Institute (see here previously) has been chosen to be a fellow of the prestigious American National Academy of Inventors. She is a founder of Aleph Farms (see here), NurExone (spinal cord regeneration) and Nanosynex … Continue reading →

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Rescuing unsold food

Posted on December 17, 2023

Israeli food rescue startup SpareEat (see here previously) shut down when Covid-19 regulations prevented people from collecting food in person. It has now re-launched and is even more popular than the first time around. Israelis collect “surprise” bags of highly … Continue reading →

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1000+ volunteering TAU students

Posted on December 17, 2023

Some 6,000 Tel Aviv University students are serving in the IDF reserves. At least 1000 more are volunteering to help patients at hospitals; make food for serving soldiers, harvest fields and transport people to the Gaza border; help run factories … Continue reading →

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