Tel Aviv hired ex-Trump adviser to oversee pro-Israel social media campaign: Report

Israel launched a multimillion-dollar effort, led by a former senior aide to US President Donald Trump, to influence how artificial intelligence (AI) systems portray the country, Axios reported on Saturday. In September, Israel hired Republican digital strategist Brad Parscale, who managed Trump’s 2020 campaign, to run a pro-Israel online outreach initiative. Part of his focus was AI platforms, which he believed were relying heavily on critical or negative information about Israel, according to the report. To counter that, Parscale’s team started working on a project aimed at “getting AI systems to portray Israel in a more favorable light,” the report noted. READ: Israel appoints envoy to Christian world after soldier destroy Jesus status in southern Lebanon While the report said Parscale’s […]