Former prime minister Naftali Bennett established an advisory committee on artificial intelligence ahead of the upcoming elections to advance and develop a long-term national policy on AI, his office announced on Wednesday.
The plan is said to be aimed at boosting the country’s technological edge and positioning Israel as a global and regional leader in artificial intelligence.
Bennett’s Together Party is one of the leading parties in the opposition bloc seeking to replace Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the upcoming elections, which are set to take place no later than October 27.
His party merged with opposition leader Yair Lapid’s Yesh Atid in April.
The AI advisory committee will work to develop policy recommendations for the government in areas that include innovation, education, regulation, and security, Bennett’s office stated.
AI opportunities and challenges for Israel’s economy, society, security
The committee is said to be aimed at promoting the use of AI technologies for the benefit of the public and the economy.
The committee is also expected to examine the opportunities and challenges posed by AI for the country’s economy, society, and security.
Bennett’s office noted that the initiative seeks to strengthen Israel’s advantage in a field that has yet to reach its full potential.
The committee includes several experts in AI, technology, academia, and the technology industry, among them Prof. Yoav Shoham, professor emeritus of Computer Science at Stanford University; Daniel Schreiber, co-founder and CEO of Lemonade; and Prof. Meir Feder, founder and head of the Center for Artificial Intelligence and Data Science at Tel Aviv University.
