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Israel reportedly paid Brad Parscale over $45 million for an AI-driven influence operation that sends millions of Americans texts and creates web content aimed at shaping how chatbots like ChatGPT and Claude answer questions about Israel, marking the first well-documented instance of a state-scale actor targeting AI responses through coordinated content.
Internal documents reveal that the Israeli government repeatedly requested Meta to censor posts and accounts about the Iran war, and Meta complied with some requests without disclosing how many.
Ocean, an agentic email security platform built to fight AI-powered phishing attacks, emerged from stealth with $28M in funding led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, and claims its AI analyzes email context to detect fraud. The startup was founded by Shay Shwartz, a former hacker turned cybersecurity expert who worked on Israel's Iron Dome project.
Donald Trump stated that Israel did not urge him to attack Iran; his decision was driven by the Oct 7, 2023 events and his belief that Iran must not obtain nuclear weapons, while also criticizing media and polls as largely fabricated.