AI in Later Life: Emotional Well-being, Fairness and Safety (in Hebrew), February 2026
Updated: 3 days ago
An online conference of the Initiative's discussion group on aging, health, well-being and responsible AI, marking the end of the group's first year of activity (11 February 2026, on Zoom, in Hebrew). The speakers addressed technological and social questions: chatbots for emotional support, computer vision for fall prevention and the safety of older people, algorithmic fairness and the reduction of age bias, and privacy. Alongside the efficiency gains in care, they stressed the importance of human contact and of digital literacy among older adults, and presented AI as a complementary tool for medical and care teams.
Program (each time opens the recording on YouTube at that point):
0:00 Opening, with remarks by Dr. Oren Asman, Head of the Initiative for Responsible AI in Medicine
5:41 Closing panel of the discussion group's first year: key challenges and opportunities of AI in later life. Moderated by Dr. Reem Nashef-Hamuda (School of Social Work, Tel Aviv University), with Prof. Michal Itzhaki (Head of the Department of Nursing Sciences, Tel Aviv University), Dr. Sharon Ost Mor, Sabaa Masarwe, Malka Doron and Dr. Ittay Mannheim
19:15 Dr. Ziv Ben-Zion (University of Haifa and Yale School of Medicine), "When the Chatbot Gets Anxious: The Emotional Mirror of AI in Mental Health Care"
40:09 Dr. Ittay Mannheim (Leiden University), "Promoting Fairness and Reducing Age Bias in AI-Based Recruitment"
1:00:22 Dr. Sharon Ost Mor (University of Haifa, Zefat Academic College and Fliman Medical Center), "AI Use among People over 65 in Israel"
1:20:38 Dr. Loai Abdallah (Max Stern Yezreel Valley College), "AI as a Third Eye for the Safety of Older Adults in High-Risk Settings"
The group was selected in the Initiative's 2023-2024 call and is led by Prof. Michal Itzhaki and Dr. Reem Nashef-Hamuda. More about the Initiative's discussion groups on the Research page.
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