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Internet, Smartphone, and AI in Halacha
A 20th-century halachic issue: Jewish law is now asked to rule on technologies, like the internet and AI, that did not exist a generation ago. Classical sources discuss only the underlying principles.
Emerging halachic literature on internet use, smartphones, social media, and AI. Hasidic and Charedi authorities have generally promoted strict filters (Charedi 'kosher phones'); modern Orthodox literature engages on a per-question basis. AI-specific questions are still nascent — kashrut of robotic shechitah, halachic agency of AI agents, AI-generated halachic responses. R. Asher Weiss's recent works address.
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Yalkut Yosef Otzar Dinim Otzar HaTeshuvot 5↗modern_responsum
Yalkut Yosef · Yitzchak Yosef
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