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/Country
Israel
45/100
attention index
attention index
Attention higher than 80% of countries
#31 of 157 countries · methodology v0.6 · 11 Nov 2026
The country in the five views
- Attention45
- Adoption · single source39
- Regulation82
- Problems and attacks62
- Opportunities45
/Why this colour
how it is computedReported incidents39
10 incidents in the last 24 months · percentile among countries
AI exposure66
percentile among countries
Generative AI use in the population: 38.7% (2026-Q2) · Microsoft AI Diffusion Report
AI compute capacity: 2,048 (2026-11) · Epoch AI — GPU Clusters
Missing safeguards32
100 minus the safeguards percentile among countries: higher means fewer safeguards
Regulatory quality: +1.13 (2025) · World Bank
Rule of law: +0.68 (2025) · World Bank
Voice and accountability: +0.39 (2025) · World Bank
The state and AI
how it is computedNot part of the attention index
Openness to AI
71
Exposure to threats
49
as a target 63 · as a cause 34
Open, little exposedMedia coverage: high (2,175 AI articles citing the country in the last 32 days)
Why this value
Exposure to threats = 50% × 63.1 (as a target) + 50% × 33.8 (as a cause) = 48.5
Reported cyber attacks against institutions and foreign disinformation
Social media monitoring, government disinformation, AI surveillance, spyware, internet shutdowns
What protects
Government access to personal data (V-Dem, expert scale)95
Rule of law (0-100 score)70
2025 · World Bank
Data protection law100
2026-11 · UNCTAD — Global Cyberlaw Tracker
Rules on AI used by the state (GIRAI)51
Shown alongside, not subtracted from the exposure
What we cannot see
We count reported cyber attacks, not all those that happened; there is no worldwide measure of threats made with AI; for surveillance and spyware the sources stop at 2022-2024.
Examples
Examples, not a count
Incidents where the state uses AI
- Polymarket traders weaponise AI-generated Iran "war slop" (in the incident list of this card)2026
- White House appears to use AI to calculate tariff rates (in the incident list of this card)2025
- Israel facial recognition system misidentifies innocent Gazans (in the incident list of this card)2024
- Grok generates fake Iran missile attack headline (in the incident list of this card)2024
- All eyes on Rafah' deepfake criticised for 'sanitising' Gaza invasion (in the incident list of this card)2024
5 of 6 in this card
/What we cannot see
Incidents never reported by the press · reports of serious incidents sent to the authorities and not published · systems registered in the non-public part of the EU database.
/Incidents by period
in the country0
last 6 months
0
6-12 months ago
2
12-24 months ago
+ 8 with only the year
/Where the systems come from
how we knowUnited States4
Israel1
developers' headquarters · 5 incidents of 10
/Reported incidents
10 in 24 months2026
Polymarket traders weaponise AI-generated Iran "war slop" (opens in a new tab)severity: moderate · partly estimated from the textGenerative AI
the source gives only the yearaccording to AIAAIC Repository
Also reported by· 3 articles from 3 outlets
Apr 2025
Reported AI‑Generated Deepfake Impersonations of Public Figures Allegedly Used in Coordinated Stock Pump‑and‑Dump Scheme Targeting Israeli Investors (opens in a new tab)severity: moderate · partly estimated from the textGenerative AI
country inferred from the textaccording to AI Incident Database
Also reported by· 1 article from 1 outlet
- AI-powered scam Hits Israeli investors, deepfakes and fake stocks fuel major losses (opens in a new tab) · ynetnews.com · 7 Jul 2025
Mar 2025
ChatGPT Was Allegedly Consulted About Attack Options Before Teen Attempted to Stab Officer at Tira, Israel, Police Station (opens in a new tab)severity: minor · partly estimated from the text
place: Tiracountry inferred from the textaccording to AI Incident Databaseorigin: United States (OpenAI)AI labs pages: OpenAI
Also reported by· 2 articles from 2 outlets
- Israeli teen charged with attempted terror attack after consulting ChatGPT (opens in a new tab) · ynetnews.com · 21 May 2025
- שאל את צ'אט GPT כיצד לבצע פיגוע: כתב אישום נגד קטין מטירה (opens in a new tab) · kan.org.il · 21 May 2025
2025
White House appears to use AI to calculate tariff rates (opens in a new tab)severity: moderate · partly estimated from the textGenerative AI
the source gives only the yearaccording to AIAAIC Repositoryorigin: United States (Anthropic, Google, OpenAI, xAI)AI labs pages: Anthropic, Google, OpenAI, xAI
Also reported by· 7 articles from 7 outlets
2024
Israel facial recognition system misidentifies innocent Gazans (opens in a new tab)severity: serious · partly estimated from the textBiometrics and surveillance
Also reported by· 6 articles from 5 outlets
- newyorker.com (opens in a new tab) · 1 Jan 2024
- nytimes.com (opens in a new tab) · 23 Jan 2024
- nytimes.com (opens in a new tab) · 27 Mar 2024
2024
Grok generates fake Iran missile attack headline (opens in a new tab)severity: moderate · partly estimated from the textGenerative AI
the source gives only the yearaccording to AIAAIC Repositoryorigin: United States (xAI)AI labs pages: xAI
Also reported by· 5 articles from 5 outlets
2024
All eyes on Rafah' deepfake criticised for 'sanitising' Gaza invasion (opens in a new tab)severity: moderate · partly estimated from the textGenerative AI
the source gives only the yearaccording to AIAAIC Repository
Also reported by· 2 articles from 2 outlets
- latimes.com (opens in a new tab) · 30 May 2024
- theguardian.com (opens in a new tab) · 30 May 2024
2024
Report: Israel runs AI-powered covert US political influence campaign (opens in a new tab)severity: moderate · partly estimated from the textGenerative AI
the source gives only the yearaccording to AIAAIC Repositoryorigin: United States (OpenAI)AI labs pages: OpenAI
Also reported by· 6 articles from 6 outlets
- reuters.com (opens in a new tab) · 29 May 2024
- npr.org (opens in a new tab) · 30 May 2024
- nytimes.com (opens in a new tab) · 5 Jun 2024
2024
Deepfake AI video shows Al-Aqsa mosque burning (opens in a new tab)severity: moderate · partly estimated from the textGenerative AI
the source gives only the yearaccording to AIAAIC Repository
Also reported by· 3 articles from 3 outlets
2024
Deepfake of two well-known Irish public figures holding an Israeli flag (opens in a new tab)severity: moderate · partly estimated from the textGenerative AI
the source gives only the yearaccording to AIAAIC Repository
Also reported by· 1 article from 1 outlet
/Laws and safeguards
Regulatory quality+1.13
2025 · World Bank
Rule of law+0.68
2025 · World Bank
Voice and accountability+0.39
2025 · World Bank
AI-specific laws and authorities: coming with new sources.
/In the news
how it worksAI news mentioning the country · 7 Nov – 13 Nov
- 3 charged in scheme to use AI to impersonate CEOs and attorneys to steal $129 million (opens in a new tab)erienewsnow.com · United States · 8 Nov 2026 · and 52 other outlets
- AlphaPai Launches its AI-Native Investment Research Platform for Global Markets at Hong Kong FinTech Week (opens in a new tab)singaporestar.com · Singapore · 13 Nov 2026 · and 7 other outlets
- Los hackers están causando estragos con la IA: sus creadores quieren sacar provecho (opens in a new tab)eldiariomontanes.es · Spain · 10 Nov 2026 · and 7 other outlets
- 'AI poses real risks to collective security': the French president outlines 3 key priorities (opens in a new tab)aninews.in · India · 10 Nov 2026 · and 6 other outlets
- The defence minister calls for stronger defensive capabilities to maintain the 'element of surprise' in future warfare; launches UDAAN-developed AI applications (opens in a new tab)aninews.in · India · 13 Nov 2026 · and 3 other outlets
- Austrian bishops adopt first rules for AI in the Church (opens in a new tab)crossmap.com · United States · 13 Nov 2026 · and 3 other outlets
- ShelfieTech Announces Expansion Agreement for Its Next-Generation AI Retail Intelligence Platform (opens in a new tab)finanznachrichten.de · Germany · 11 Nov 2026 · and 3 other outlets
- 'We are all impacted by AI but nobody's listening' to one another, cardinal warns at conference (opens in a new tab)crossmap.com · United States · 7 Nov 2026 · and 2 other outlets
- Vanta Buys Pillar to Tie AI Governance to Real-Time Controls (opens in a new tab)bankinfosecurity.com · United States · 12 Nov 2026 · and 1 other outlet
- NHS England deletes 'misleading' claim 137 trusts benefiting from Palantir AI tools (opens in a new tab)aol.co.uk · United Kingdom · 12 Nov 2026 · and 1 other outlet
AI articles mentioning the country in the last 30 days: 1,897 in total, at most 162 in one day (23 Oct 2026).
1,897 AI articles mentioning the country in 30 days
/Index trend
— country ··· worldIndex trend: 18 Oct 2026: country 46, world 36 · 19 Oct 2026: country 46, world 36 · 26 Oct 2026: country 46, world 36 · 2 Nov 2026: country 45, world 36 · 11 Nov 2026: country 45, world 36.
Previous years, reconstructed with today's data: 2023 53 · 2024 55 · 2025 42 why
/AI models released
12 months · outside the indexNo releases recorded by Epoch AI for organisations in this country.