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Apr 13, 2026, 2:58 PM

The coming Holocaust AI reboot

(Times of Israel, illustration generated using ChatGPT)

When memory can be perfected, edited, or entirely invented, the truth becomes just one possibility among many

Mar 17, 2026, 3:47 PM

Israel is under cyberattack. Why are we still debating a defense law?

Illustrative: The screen of an Israeli-made Unitronics device that was hacked in Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, on November 25, 2023. (Municipal Water Authority of Aliquippa via AP)

Even as Iran hits companies and civilians, some in the business sector still resist basic regulation — a stance that risks leaving the economy exposed

Feb 1, 2026, 2:39 PM

Israeli politics in the age of election ‘slopaganda’

A fabricated image of Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid standing alongside members of Israel's Arab political party lists that appeared on the Likud’s official social media accounts. (Original photo from X used in accordance with clause 27a of the copyright law. Additional graphics by The Times of Israel)

Likud's viral fabricated Bennett-Lapid post shows just how urgent it is for authorities to pass carefully crafted rules limiting AI in political campaigns

Jan 19, 2026, 3:03 PM

Israel’s first AI-era elections will put democracy to the test

(ChatGPT image, original via iStock/Yula)

Outdated election laws are no match for deepfakes, chatbot persuasion and millions of custom-made lies aimed at Israeli voters

Sep 28, 2025, 3:32 PM

Microsoft’s kill switch threatens Israel’s national security

Soldiers of an IDF Military Intelligence Directorate team for the Golani Infantry Brigade are seen working at computers, in a handout photo published November 12, 2023. (Israel Defense Forces)

The push of a button on the West Coast can blind IDF counterterror operations or block air raid sirens from sounding on the national emergency app

Sep 4, 2025, 1:40 PM

Tech giants hold the keys to Israel’s sovereignty

Pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel demonstrators hold banners and signs as they protest outside the Microsoft Build conference at the Seattle Convention Center in Seattle, Washington on May 19, 2025. (Jason Redmond / AFP)

If Microsoft, Google, and Amazon end their contracts with Israel over Gaza, the country's essential security data will be in jeopardy

May 27, 2025, 4:28 PM

The cognitive ring of fire endangering Jews everywhere

ISNAD, a shadowy network of influencers, isn’t just a threat to online discourse. It’s a threat to physical safety.

May 5, 2025, 4:30 PM

My cyber attacker was disarmingly ‘human’

Message exchange between Tehilla Shwartz Altshuler and a spear-phishing cyber attacker. (screenshots montage by The Times of Israel)

As a cybersecurity policy expert, I should know how to recognize a spear-phishing scam. The personal touch caught me off guard

Apr 21, 2025, 4:45 PM

Jews are the canary in the AI coalmine

AI is accelerating the wave of antisemitism sweeping across social media. (AI background via iStock, montage by The Times of Israel)

Artificial intel systems can erase the Holocaust from historical narratives, rewrite key historical events, and generate hateful images of Jews

May 6, 2024, 2:46 PM

Digital antisemitism: The largest propaganda machine since the Holocaust

An untitled cartoon published by a Bahrain news outlet on November 27 depicts Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu driving through Gaza in a blood-soaked tank while pulling the Statue of Liberty and US President Joe Biden behind him. (The Anti-Defamation League, via The Times of Israel)

Social media is spreading unprecedented Jew-hatred, and that's before AI starts using algorithms to discriminate against Jews

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About Me

Dr. Tehilla Shwartz Altshuler is a Senior Fellow at the Israel Democracy Institute and an expert in law and technology