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Leadership in crisis: a Nordic counter-reaction to Trump
With cuts to USAID, the world needs greater and more effective investments in sexual and reproductive health and rights.
Norway's war profits should be spent on defending Ukraine
The Oil Fund's "rule of action" is subordinate to peace in Europe. We can no longer allow ourselves to be Europe's Uncle Screw.
Criticism must be based on facts to contribute to improvement
A former aid adviser criticizes both aid organizations, Norad and Long Term for defending themselves rather than providing answers. But without truthful stories, there is little to answer.
Have we reached “peak aid”?
The United States and several European countries are turning their backs on the world. Is this the beginning of the end for aid as we know it?
Three AI advancements to look out for in 2025
War, film and work are among the areas that will be characterized by KI in 2025.
Deepseek should be a wake-up call. It's time for Norway to develop its own AI.
Artificial intelligence is too important to be left to oligarchs and party dictatorships.
Aftenposten prevents an enlightened aid debate
Shutting down aid is as knowledgable as shutting down health care.
We are not prepared for the most severe threats
The white paper on total preparedness national security, but we do not know what dangers threaten us or what to do about them.
More knowledge-based aid. What's the next step?
Tighter budgets and new crises make it even more important to have knowledge-based and cost-effective aid. Norway is already doing a lot to make this happen, but we have more to go on. A working group has presented a report with new recommendations.
Media coverage
What happens if we leave KI to East and West?
If Europe is to keep pace with the technology race, we must start now, writes Trygve Svensson. He refers when Langarranged a lunch with KI pioneer Yoshua Bengio in Oslo in November.
The development of AI calls for a strengthened foreign policy
Niels Nagelhus Schia (NUPI) writes about foreign policy for KI in Klassekampen. He refers to the report “The Ten Commandments of Ki” by Langsikt's Expert Committee for KI, where he was a member of the committee.
Norway will allow poor people rather than the Oil Fund to pay for aid to Ukraine.
Danske Politiken writes about how the Norwegian government will use aid funds rather than oil money to fund larger funds for Ukraine.
The money bag for aid is significantly smaller than what the government gives the impression, claims new report.
Eirik Mofoss's budget analysis of Norwegian aid shows how less and less aid goes to poverty alleviation. Through two issues, Dagbladet looked up the findings from the analysis, and interviewed Development Minister Aukrust, as well as the party leaders in MDG, Rødt and SV.
Norad would cut information support to organizations — State Department said no
Eirik Mofoss is interviewed about the proposal to remove the information support in the note “Time for reprioritisations” in Panorama.
AI hope for Europe. Can Europe become a force in AI?
Torbjørn Røe Isaksen writes about Yoshua Bengio's visit to Oslo in E24. Long term planned the visit.
Senior Adviser Tellef Raabe on the NRK show the Debate on Media Economics
Non-established media meet established editors to debate. Tellef Raabe participates as a subject matter expert on the media.
The Ten Commandments of AI are just the beginning
In order for them not to end up in the drawer, we have to take charge now. Before technology does. This is written by Director of Artificial Intelligence in Sopra Steria in Caspar M. Lund in Digi.
Langsikt and TRY with campaign to ensure that effective aid is prioritised in this year's state budget
Kom24 has made a case about Langsikt's aid campaign, where emergency rations are distributed to politicians to remind them of the world's poorest in the autumn negotiations. Read more about the campaign at lang.no/100dagar.
Leading AI scientist: - We're playing with fire
The “Godfather of KI” opened Norway's new Centre for Artificial Intelligence (KI) on Monday - and took the opportunity to warn of the dangers of the technology. TV2 has written a story about Bengio's visit to Oslo, which Langplanned.