Netanyahu Sets Five-Year Goal for Israel to Become World's Third AI Power

On September 23, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's social media account released a video of his conversation with entrepreneur Oren Dobrinsky. In the video, Netanyahu announced a national goal: to make Israel the world's third-largest artificial intelligence power within five years.

"Now I set a goal. The goal is that within five years we will be the third-largest AI power. There is the United States, there is China—these are not small countries—but I want Israel to be the third-largest power," Netanyahu said in the conversation. He also appointed Dobrinsky as the head of the business side of Israel's national AI project, saying, "I entrust this small task to you."

The video was posted on September 23, in which Netanyahu mentioned the U.S. and China and positioned Israel's goal as third behind them. According to his remarks, Dobrinsky will lead the business aspects of the national AI project.