ChatGPT is artificial intelligence that writes for you, any kind of writing you like – letters, song lyrics, research papers, recipes, therapy sessions, poems, essays, outlines, even software code. And despite its clunky name (GPT stands for Generative Pre-trained Transformer), within five days of its launch, more than a million people were using it. How easy is it to use? Try typing in, "Write a limerick about the effect of AI on humanity." Or how about, "Tell the Goldilocks story in the style of the King James Bible." Microsoft has announced it will build the program into Microsoft Word. The first books written by ChatGPT have already been published.

By 2025 the automotive AI sector could be creating as much as $26.5 billion in annual revenue. The sector is clearly booming, particularly in Israel, which has become a hotbed of talent. Ottopia is one Israeli start-up that has just closed $3 million in seed funding from investors. Unlike, some autonomous driving companies, it believes there's still a need for humans in the self-driving process. "We tackle the most difficult 1% of AV performance with a remote human operator. A remote human is called whenever and wherever the AV isn't sure what to do on the road. The trigger could also come from passengers in the AV," Says Co-founder and CEO of Ottopia, Amit Rosenzweig.

The burgeoning autonomous vehicle (AV) revolution seems to crank up a notch every other week, with Waymo recently unveiling its first commercial driverless car service, Volvo announcing its first commercial autonomous truck, and countless companies working on the underlying technology that will bring self-driving transport to the mainstream. But full autonomy that involves millions of cars traversing busy thoroughfares completely devoid of human oversight will likely be some time away. With that in mind, one Israeli startup is setting out to serve as a bridge to 100 percent autonomy. Founded this year, Tel Aviv-based Ottopia is pitching itself as a teleoperation platform for autonomous vehicles. The startup was cofounded by CEO Amit Rosenzweig, formerly head of product management at Microsoft's Advanced Threat Analytics, and CTO Leon Altarac, who previously set up the robotics and AV branch of the Israeli army.

On 14 June, news broke that someone had hacked into computers at the US Democratic National Committee, exposing opposition research on Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, as well as a trove of chat logs and emails. Some blamed Russia – although as ever details are unclear. The same day, NATO announced that it was designating cyberspace as an "operational domain" for war alongside land, sea and air. Reports of one country attacking the computer systems of another – like this week's hack on the Democrats, last year's Chinese breach of the US Office of Personnel Management, or North Korea's attack on Sony in 2014 – have become common. The details of hacks may differ, but the story is a familiar one. Does NATO's announcement change anything?