Israel is using AI systems in military operations

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🗞️ The Latest in AI: Israel to leverage AI systems in military operations

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📸 Business Spotlight: Wix announces AI website generator

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🗞️ The Latest in AI: Israel to leverage AI systems in military operations

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) have quietly integrated AI systems into their military operations, utilizing AI recommendation systems to select targets for air strikes and streamline wartime logistics.

The AI Recommendation system processes large amounts of data to select targets. Fire Factory, another AI model, calculates munition loads, prioritizes and assigns targets, and proposes schedules.

These systems are overseen by human operators, but are currently not subject to any international or state-level regulation.

Critics warn of the potential dangers of relying on increasingly autonomous systems (see 6/4’s newsletter), and emphasize the need for regulation and accountability. Proponents believe that AI could help minimize casualties and enhance efficiency.

Israeli leaders aim to establish the country as an “AI superpower.” The IDF has been actively expanding its AI systems, positioning itself as a global leader in autonomous weaponry.

Click here to learn more (paywall).

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📸 Business Spotlight: Wix announces AI website generator

Wix just unveiled an AI website generator that can create entire websites from natural language prompts.

This will allow users to create a complete website, filled with text, images and business solutions within seconds. The tool leverages ChatGPT for text creation and Wix’s proprietary AI models for other tasks.

The capability will debut as part of a larger suite of AI-powered features. Wix also plans to roll out an AI Assistant Tool, the AI Page and Section Creator and an Object Eraser feature.

Wix CEO Avishai Abrahami doubled down on the company’s commitment to advancing website creation with AI in a press statement. Wix is likely only scratching the surface of what will be possible in the next few years.

Wix has yet to announce a release date for the AI website generator.

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