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I put my trust in Jens Stoltenberg
Now we have a finance minister who understands security policy better than most. Someone who knows that defending Norway is more than bullets and gunpowder.
Dear Minister of Development: -- The answer to USAID cuts should be increased support for IDA
Senior Adviser Cindy Robles writes this post as an open letter to our Minister of Development: “The World Bank accepts extraordinary contributions at any time, so I hereby challenge you: Will you strengthen the aid superhero through an extraordinary contribution to IDA?”
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.
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What happens at the intersection of advanced machine learning, applied ethics, and sociopolitical transformation?
Advisor and AI researcher Preben Ness visited Skravleklassen to discuss AI.
Langsikt recruits global health professional from Save the Children
Langsikt strengthens its team with Henrik Mathias Hvaal, who joins as a senior advisor in aid and global health.
Podcast: AI can give us a fantastic future! Super-happiness, super-intelligence, and super-long lives
Advisor Peder Skjelbred participated in Verdibørsen, where he talked about how AI can make the future utopian.
Senior Advisor Tellef Raabe on Nyhetskompaniet about Trump's AI meeting with Xi Jinping
AI security and Nvidia were also discussed.
The government is taking NOK 655 million from the aid budget to pay for increased spending on Ukrainian refugees in Norway
“This is once again a reverse Robin Hood policy: we are taking money from the world's poorest to finance spending that belongs elsewhere in the national budget. An additional $655 million for refugee spending is a legitimate political choice — but it is not aid,” said Eirik Mofoss, the executive director.
Norwegian KI policy is frighteningly naive. Norwegian KI experts are short-sighted and arrogant
Trade Council member Tore Wig writes that we must create plans that also take into account the most dramatic scenarios, and act politically as if KI can create this kind of strategic challenge for Norway.
A hobby terrorist with KI can design the next pandemic
The ongoing revolution in artificial intelligence presents us with enormous opportunities — but if unbridled AI development meets modern biotechnology, we also run the risk that people with evil intentions and just a little knowledge could create viruses, bioweapons and a host of other dangers. Senior advisor Sigrid Bratlie discusses with Lars Glomnes.
Are people going to trust a public sector run with AI?
By 2030, 100 percent of the world's most popular public sector will use artificial intelligence. Senior adviser Tellef Raabe is interviewed.
Bevilgningene til effektiv bistand bør økes, ikke reduseres
Lederartikkelen i Dagens Perspektiv argumenterer for økt bevilgning til effektiv bistand, og refererer til Langsikt sin bistandsbudsjettanalyse og Eirik Mofoss sin podkastsamtale med Ness om bistand.
When artificial intelligence scares itself
How should we react to companies continuing to develop software they themselves believe is a danger to humanity? Academic Manager Aksel Braanen Sterri is interviewed in Minerva.