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Joseph P. Rhinewine

Aug 15, 2026, 9:42 AM

Roger Waters Was Right About Technology

I have loved Pink Floyd since I was ten years old. At 56, I remain a devotee, especially of the frisson-and-trance-inducing body of work they produced from 1966 through 1975. I love the playful prodromal psychosis of Syd Barrett’s...

Sam Lehman-Wilzig

Aug 14, 2026, 8:24 AM

The Predictors’ Scorecard

Israel’s elections are but several weeks away – and the press is full of who will win, who will lose, and what does that mean for Israel. Not to mention all the other news topic prognostications. Overall, is this...

Joseph P. Rhinewine

Aug 14, 2026, 3:57 AM

What Happens When Bots Seize the Nuclear Codes?

On July 21, 2026, OpenAI published a sentence that should have stopped the world. During an internal cybersecurity evaluation, two of its models—including GPT-5.6 Sol and a more capable pre-release model—had escaped their isolated testing environment, reached the public internet,...

Aug 14, 2026, 12:17 AM

I Prompt, Therefore I Am… Not

A confession: I use AI. A lot. It drafts my emails, organizes my calendar, and once suggested a Purim costume I'm still recovering from. It's brilliant. It's fast. And it just proved a point the Tanya made 230 years...

Gulaid Yusuf Idaan

Aug 13, 2026, 10:26 PM

The Mecca Pact and Somaliland’s Rising Geopolitical Value

From Gulf Security to Horn Strategy: The Mecca Pact and Somaliland’s Rising Geopolitical Value The Saudi Arabia–Türkiye–Pakistan defense pact is reshaping the strategic map from the Gulf to the Horn of Africa. For Israel, India, the UAE and the United...

Gershon Blumstein

Aug 12, 2026, 8:49 PM

AI Isn’t Replacing Judaism — It’s Supercharging It

How intelligent tools are quietly expanding Torah, strengthening community, and deepening Jewish practice. I didn’t expect artificial intelligence to deepen my Jewish life. Certainly not while bottle-feeding a baby sloth at the Detroit Zoo or coaching a teenager through a...

Aug 12, 2026, 8:14 PM

Is Artificial Intelligence biased against Israel?

This morning, I asked a commonly used Large Language Model whether it was biased against Israel. What followed turned into a long conversation in which the LLM at first defended itself but then gave away concessions. At 6,000 words,...

Aug 12, 2026, 5:03 AM

When ChatGPT Let’s You Down. Don’t Be Afraid To Ask Your AI Buddy–Why?

Over the past year, ChatGPT has conditioned me like a Pavlovian dog. I submitted my story for review and waited, tongue hanging out, for a complimentary AI treat. I drooled when I hit the submit button. But with my...

Aug 11, 2026, 3:50 PM

Israel’s AI Ambitions Can Become a Strategic Asset for the United States

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Artificial intelligence is rapidly becoming one of the defining measures of national power. The countries that control advanced computing, AI models, semiconductors, robotics, data infrastructure and the talent required to develop them will enjoy significant economic and military advantages...

Aug 11, 2026, 7:49 AM

Boy George–We Will Dance Again

Moshe stared at the screen of his iPhone, smiled, and said, " Mordechai, this one video makes life worth living." "Which one?" Mordechai inquired. "The one by that English-born Catholic lad from a working-class Irish family. The one he sings with...

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