Israel to build supercomputer to keep pace in global AI race

Israel next month will launch a tender to establish the country's first supercomputer to ensure the country remains a global leader in artificial intelligence (AI) technologies.

"Early in the next month, Israel will release a tender opportunity to build her fastest computer to maintain its global position in Artificial Intelligence, said the head of the government-owned authority, Israel Innovation Authority, on a Wednesday this week."

As a great technological industry in the country, AI could become a foe unless something is done to it because it is a rapidly changing technology says Dror Bin during an AI conference.

He noted that the government is budgeting $250 million on a national AI program comprised of government, industry, and academia - 60% of which will be executed in 2024 and completed in 2027, possibly with higher funding.

The tech industry makes up 20% of Israel's economy and is considered one of the leading technology hubs globally. Bin observed that out of 9000 Israeli startups, over 2200 have included Artificial Intelligence into their operations and this country has the third-largest number of AI companies.

"Our goal is to make sure and to secure that Israel sustains its leadership, ranking and position in the AI race in the world," he said.

Bin said that a supercomputer for training large artificial intelligence models was crucial in this regard.

A high-tech company or researcher must purchase cloud time for training a large model because there is no local data center with a significant number of GPUs for training those models here.” He said.

The supercomputer, Bin added, will be available for researchers and companies at lower than market cost.

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