A Digital Iron Dome: Fighting Antisemitism in the Age of AI
On Holocaust Remembrance Day, inside a room filled with technologists, founders, and community leaders, one message became unmistakably clear: the battlefield against antisemitism has shifted—and it is now digital.
At the “Hack the Hate” event in New York City, an initiative led by Generative AI for Good and the 8200 Alumni Association, the urgency of this moment was palpable. As artificial intelligence accelerates the spread of both truth and toxicity, the Jewish community—and its allies—are being forced to rethink how they respond.
“AI is transforming the way that we live,” I said during a conversation at the event, “but it’s also providing an opportunity for the antisemitic community to ramp up their efforts.”
I had the opportunity to meet Ofer Familier, Co-Founder and CEO of Dig, a company building tools to track and combat online narratives in real time. His response cut straight to the core of the challenge.
“We’re reinventing the social intelligence world,” Familier explained. “There’s so much going on across social media, and most of it has moved to video. There really aren’t tools today that help you understand what’s happening.”
That lack of visibility is not just a technical gap—it’s a strategic vulnerability.
A War of Narratives, Fought in Real Time
What makes today’s fight different is not just the scale of antisemitism online, but the speed at which it spreads—and mutates.
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