About fifty years ago, on the 4th of MarCheshvan 5737, the Rebbe held an unexpected weekday farbrengen. The Rebbe explained that recent advances in technology had broken down barriers that once seemed permanent: a voice in one place could be heard around the world at the very same moment. These developments had a purpose—to bring Torah, and especially Chassidus, to every person, in preparation for Moshiach.
Marking that anniversary, the leading Chabad publishers are launching Chabad.AI, a platform that brings together a vast treasury of Chassidus with new tools for learning and research. Where earlier technologies overcame distance, artificial intelligence offers new ways to navigate the texts themselves: to find sources, understand difficult passages and discover connections across the teachings of the different Rebbes.
Chabad.AI is a joint initiative of the leading Chabad publishing houses: Kehot Publication Society, Vaad Hanachos B’Lahak, Chabad.org, and Sichos In English (SIE), with SIE serving as the managing operator.
Rabbi Shmuly Avtzon, director of Sichos In English, who initiated the project, explains: “The Rebbe describes the revelation of Chassidus and the growth of technology as an ongoing, dynamic process. Each generation brings new depths of Chassidus and new discoveries in technology. That means we must always be at the forefront, using every new breakthrough for hafatzat hamaayanot (spreading the wellsprings). Fifty years ago, that meant radio and television. Today it includes artificial intelligence, and with Chabad.AI, the wellsprings of Chassidus can reach further than ever before.”
(adapted from COLlive)