On October 12, the Prime Minister's Office announced the new appointment of Brig.-Gen. (Res.) Erez Askal as the first-ever head of a new National Artificial Intelligence (AI) Directorate within the PMO.This was a significant structural shift away from the Israel National Cyber Directorate (INCD) and Israel Innovation Authority, each separately working on aspects of the AI revolution on the side of their primary focuses.On its face, the move was simply a reflection of the fact that AI, which