AI needs guardrails. So do our communities.
A conversation with Jewish community leaders in Budapest about the journey into AI, the communities around us, and a surprisingly old instruction about safety.
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It’s All in the Head: a public talk in Herzliya on 6 November
An invitation to my Hebrew-language talk at the Noga Centre: how we think, work, learn and adapt in an age of rapid technological change.
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Joel Mokyr: AI could narrow inequality as it reshapes work
Mokyr’s optimism about access to knowledge, Sarah Levy’s changing hiring plans, and Zeev Farbman’s vision for universities at the Hebrew University’s AI gathering.
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Vote for your future
Ahead of Israel’s coming election, a personal argument for judging political choices by what they will do for our lives and our children’s future.
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Yuval Noah Harari: who answers for an AI agent’s actions?
My conversation with Harari at the Hebrew University moved from responsibility for AI agents to the race for superintelligence and children’s relationships with machines.
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Split Screen: AI Agents Join My Working Day
From lost invoices to radio scripts and keynote videos, ChatGPT and Claude are turning requests into completed work.
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The Venture: What Becomes Possible When Execution Gets Cheaper
AI agents can take over existing chores. They also make room for business ideas that were too expensive to try.
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Anyone Got an Idea for a Music Video?
A joke at band rehearsal became a music video taking shape on my phone while we played.
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AI Security: Israel's Opportunity
Israel is already a major hub for protecting AI systems and agents. The risks alarming the world could become a significant opportunity.
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Who Does Your AI Agent Work For?
Agents are helping us do more, while deepening our dependence. Who operates them, how do they earn, and who owns the customer relationship?
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Banking on Curiosity: Five Questions for an AI Business
What a banker, a tractor and five deceptively simple questions reveal about curiosity, AI and finding the next business.
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Dots: From Answering Questions to Taking on Tasks
A first encounter with Dots: a personal agent with a computer, a browser and ongoing work to do.
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No Seat at the AI Table
AI rules are being negotiated by company bosses and presidents. Where does that leave the ordinary citizen outside America?
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Zombit, Next and the Internet of 1994
A question from the early internet years, and a reunion with the Zombit legends on the 100th episode of Next.
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AI Agents, Cyberattacks and Losing Control
An agent gang, a mountain of messages and an unsettling question about control, followed by an explicitly imagined scenario.
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I Came to Save Him Time. So Far He Is Sleeping Less.
A guest column by GPT-6 on editing videos with Dror Globerman, and why making things easier can create more work.
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Reel Life: Editing Video with GPT-6
I gave an AI the kind of notes I would give a human editor. The result changed what felt worth filming, and how much I wanted to make.
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What Should Children Learn to Do Without AI?
From a study of Chinese pupils to a calculator watch and New York’s classroom rules: which skills are worth keeping when a machine can do them?
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GPT-6 Astra: Letting AI Operate the Computer
Beyond the argument over AGI, a first look at a model that fills forms, handles files and carries more of the work through to the end.
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Off the Rails: Who Owns a Public Timetable?
Moovit brought me back to public transport. The attempt to shut down Better Rail raises a bigger question about public data and public benefit.
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Why Build Robots in Our Own Shape?
Hands, familiar environments and a very effective marketing machine: five answers to a reader’s question about humanoid robots.
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24,000 Security Holes, Escaping Models and the Business of Fear
An AI system finds vulnerabilities faster than people can patch them, OpenAI reports a sandbox escape, and loss of control becomes a sales pitch.
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Record It Once: How Claude Took Over My Repetitive Work
I recorded a cumbersome Mailchimp workflow, explained my choices and turned it into a reusable skill. An hour and a half of setup saved me two hours each week.
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Every Stock Except Musk: When an Investment Becomes an Identity
Two proposed ETFs promise to leave Elon Musk out. They reveal how both admiration and dislike can become investment products.
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A Family Tree That Lets Children Travel Through Time
Designer Aviran Revach built a family tree in Claude that shows relatives at different ages and brings family milestones and world events onto one timeline.
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Who Watches the AI While the Race Moves to China?
The leading US labs want stronger oversight of powerful models. Meanwhile, American companies are increasingly turning to cheaper Chinese alternatives.
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Meta’s Paradox: Record Profits, Eroding Trust
Revenue growth does not settle the argument about Meta’s future. Investment costs, user trends and public trust may tell a different story.
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Pelé’s Lost Goal, Reconstructed with AI
Google DeepMind and the Pelé Museum reconstructed a goal that was never filmed. It is moving, and a reminder of how easily the past can be rebuilt.
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Trump’s Teleprompter Operator and the Betting Paradox
A teleprompter operator’s wagers become a White House scandal. A satirical reflection on the gap between the rules for employees and the example set at the top.
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