Israel’s AI Chief: “Whoever Controls It Will Control The Switch Of States”; Launches National AI Impact Institute
Israel's AI Chief, Erez Askal, has announced the launch of the National Institute for Impact Oriented AI to integrate AI into national infrastructure. The initiative aims to secure technological sovereignty through investments in computing power, quantum research, and national AI models.
Why it matters
It reflects the growing global trend of nations treating AI development as a critical component of national security and sovereign infrastructure.
Brig. Gen. (res.) Erez Askal, head of the National AI Staff in the Prime Minister’s Office, delivered the opening lecture at AI Week at Tel Aviv University. “We are at the threshold of a different sovereign reality,” he said. “Within a few years, national infrastructures will operate based on artificial intelligence; whoever controls it will control the switch of states.”
To lead in the field, Askal said, Israel must build technological sovereignty across the main layers: investing in energy, computing power, a national model, quantum computing and training of personnel. The targets he presented include an energy infrastructure of 2 gigawatts, 100,000 GPU processors, a sovereign foundation model and an Israeli quantum computer.
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