{
  "id": 8649717,
  "title": "Israeli firms among those experimenting with AI-powered social media bots — NYT",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/20/israeli-firms-among-those-experimenting-with-ai-powered-social-media",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-09-20T08:22:13.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Times of Israel",
    "slug": "the-times-of-israel",
    "url": "https://www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-firms-among-those-experimenting-with-ai-powered-social-media-bots-nyt/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Report on Chinese, Iranian state influence efforts says two Israeli firms used open-source models to create fake accounts; one says it was researching how to combat misinformation The post Israeli firms among those experimenting with AI-powered social media bots — NYT appeared first on The Times of Israel .",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Jerusalem Post",
        "title": "China, Iran, Israeli groups weaponize AI for first-of-their-kind social media influence campaigns",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/19/china-iran-israeli-groups-weaponize-ai-for-first-of-their-kind-social",
        "published": "2026-09-19T08:38:41.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}