artificial intelligence

Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar holds a press conference at the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem, September 8, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Israel’s flailing chatbot army

No longer able to rely on traditional lobbying, Israel is pouring huge funds into ‘cognitive warfare’ aimed at manipulating the responses of AI platforms.

By Aharon Porath October 6, 2026

PODCAST: Uncovering the inner workings of an AI genocide

+972's Yuval Abraham takes us inside his groundbreaking investigations into the Gaza war and the legal and moral challenges he faces when reporting.

By +972 Magazine December 4, 2025

U.S. and German military personnel stand in front of a monitor running Palantir software, at the Civil-Military Coordination Center in Kiryat Gat, southern Israel, on November 12, 2025. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Aiden Griffitts/Wikimedia Commons)

AI-powered surveillance firms are gunning for a share of the Gaza spoils

The presence of Palantir and Dataminr at the new U.S. military compound in Israel offers a glimpse of how tech companies are cashing in on the genocide.

By Sophia Goodfriend November 28, 2025

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An Israeli soldier photographs a Palestinian man using an AI facial recognition tool during a raid in Wadi Qutyna, Al-Mughayer, occupied West Bank, January 17, 2025. (Avishay Mohar/Activestills)

Israel developing ChatGPT-like tool that weaponizes surveillance of Palestinians

The Israeli army is building an AI language model using millions of intercepted conversations between Palestinians, which could accelerate the process of incrimination and arrest, a joint investigation reveals.

By Yuval Abraham March 6, 2025

Israeli soldiers from the 8717 Battalion of the Givati Brigade operating in Beit Lahia, in the northern Gaza Strip, December 28, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Why human agency is still central to Israel’s AI-powered warfare

Following +972’s 'Lavender' exposé, international law and AI experts explain how Israel's top brass and global tech firms are implicated in the slaughter.

By Sophia Goodfriend April 25, 2024

Smoke rises after Israeli airstrikes in Beit Lahia, in the northern Gaza Strip, December 28, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

‘Lavender’: The AI machine directing Israel’s bombing spree in Gaza

The Israeli army has marked tens of thousands of Gazans as suspects for assassination, using an AI targeting system with little human oversight and a permissive policy for casualties, +972 and Local Call reveal.

By Yuval Abraham April 3, 2024

Smoke rises after Israeli airstrikes in several location in the Gaza Strip, October 9, 2023. (Atia Mohammed/Flash90)

‘A mass assassination factory’: Inside Israel’s calculated bombing of Gaza

Permissive airstrikes on non-military targets and the use of an artificial intelligence system have enabled the Israeli army to carry out its deadliest war on Gaza, a +972 and Local Call investigation reveals.

By Yuval Abraham November 30, 2023