The Prime Minister's Office on Sunday announced the new appointment of Brig.-Gen. (Res.) Erez Askal has been appointed as the first-ever head of a new National Artificial Intelligence (AI) Directorate within the PMO.According to the PMO, "The establishment of the Directorate, which has been led and initiated by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, is intended to transform the State of Israel into a global AI superpower."Further, "the National Directorate will lead the formulation and