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Selected features, interviews and op-eds on social innovation and AI.
Israel Hayom- AI
- Society
The technology dividing the world is doing the opposite in the Middle East
Amid war and deep polarization, young people from Israel, the Palestinian Authority and Arab countries study together in a Peres Center AI course — building shared ventures instead of deepening hostility.
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Maariv- Education
- AI
Rethinking the path: what should kids learn in the AI era
Once, the road to success ran through English, math and computer science. In the AI era, parents no longer know what to steer their kids toward. Chen Bareket: "We need to ask which skills will let a child succeed even as professions and technologies change."
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ynet- Education
- AI
The kids are going back to school, but AI has already changed the homework
With most Israeli students already using AI, educators face a new challenge: teaching children when to use it, when to question it and when to think for themselves.
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- Education
- AI
Sent your kid to learn coding? AI is now changing the whole picture
Parents are investing in coding, cyber and AI to prepare their children for the future, but artificial intelligence is changing the rules of the game. Chen Bareket: "We can't give children an exact map of the world of 2040, but we can give them a compass."
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- Op-ed
Altman reassures, tech lays off: who should we believe?
While tech companies lay off thousands, AI industry leaders signal business as usual — but a vast economic interest hides behind the reassurance.
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mako- Parenting
- Expert
Counting your kids' screen time? That's not what matters
For years the answer was a fixed number of hours; experts now suggest looking less at the clock and more at what the child actually does on screen.
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Israel Hayom- Product
- Education
Real or fake? Teaching kids to spot fake content online
A new free platform teaches elementary and middle-school students to tell reliable information from AI-generated content and scams.
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The app that records your conversations with your kids — and improves their language
A new Israeli development aims to close war-related language gaps by recording, processing and adding a bot that joins the parent-child conversation.
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The US and UK are already there: will AI run in our elections too?
As parties produce AI videos and virtual candidates make headlines, deepfakes blur the line between truth and fiction.
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Real or AI? "When everything is fake, politicians will deny real facts too"
The campaign has not officially opened, yet the web is already flooded with AI clips. Dr. Tehilla Shwartz Altshuler warns of "a new form of propaganda," and Chen Bareket: "the danger is the collapse of our shared reality."
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Israelis spend 70 minutes a day on public transportation — can AI change that?
Chen Bareket: "we assume the fix is more lanes, but smart management can turn the road into breathing infrastructure."
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- Expert
"An approaching tsunami": the big risk in the coming election
New technological tools threaten public awareness, trust in democracy and the ability to hold a substantive political debate.
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- Expert
- Education
How AI is harming students
Parents and professionals report rising distress among children and teens due to chatbot dependency: "an unmanaged opportunity can become a risk."
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- Education
- Product
AI for kindergarteners: a free answer to the war's learning gaps
Learning gaps exposed in middle-school results created a need to close gaps as early as kindergarten — and someone took up the challenge.
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mako- Product
- Education
In five minutes you'll know if your child struggles with language
No sign-up, no download, no cost — an Israeli platform builds a language profile for each child using interactive games and AI.
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Walla- Education
- Expert
Professionals warn about the Education Ministry's solutions: "it doesn't treat the root"
Amid rocket fire in the south, educators and experts question the responses offered to students.
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"My child now lives by an algorithm's answers": the hidden price of AI among youth
Parents and professionals warn of children's growing reliance on chatbots — not just for schoolwork but for emotional support and friendship.
Read the storyIsrael Hayom2025
Calcalist- Op-ed
In the AI era, antisemitism no longer hates Jews — it simply ignores them
An op-ed on how large models shape what is seen, what is erased and what is simply not counted.
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Walla Money- Expert
Depression or dropping out? AI ventures think they have an answer
AI is used today not only for business efficiency but to detect distress, improve welfare systems and fight poverty.
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- Expert
- Academia
Experts warn, students protest: the AI crisis in academia
Academia tries to stem the flood of AI-written papers, but students and experts argue the problem is the system, not the technology.
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mako- Product
- Personal
"For every tab opened with ads, the advertiser pays a fraction of a shekel"
Avichai Tenenbaum and Chen Bareket volunteered to build AdUP, a Chrome extension that donates to nonprofits with every new tab.
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ice- Product
- Award
Revealed: the startup representing Israel in the global competition
At EdTech Prime Time 2025, "Multi for all" was chosen to represent Israel at the global GESAwards.
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Calcalist- Op-ed
- Education
Instead of talking about a teacher shortage, let's talk about the system
An op-ed on an education system trying to solve a structural problem with yesterday's tools.
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- Education
"My daughter missed months of kindergarten — she forgot almost everything"
AI helps kindergarteners prepare for first grade and close learning gaps — especially children evacuated from their homes.
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- Education
"Equal opportunity from day one": a new site helps kids prepare for first grade
A free platform with AI-based literacy games, tailored to children who experienced instability during the war.
Read the storyIsrael Hayom2025
ice- Expert
Meta, LinkedIn and X fight fake content: here's how
We are heading toward a reality where shared truth collapses, and big tech's mechanisms are only partial.
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- Product
- Academia
"Making sure no one is left behind": the startup that broke out of academia
"Multi", using an interactive game and AI to map children's language skills, began as Bar-Ilan research and reached dozens of kindergartens.
Read the storyMaariv2025
ynet- Personal
The officer who gave a 5-year-old his ranks — and pinned them back 15 years later
Fifteen years ago Avichai Roitman met officer Chen Bareket, who asked him to promise he'd become an officer himself. When he graduated, Chen showed up to surprise him at the ceremony.
Read the story2023
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