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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.
Improving the efficiency of Norwegian aid through the UN and the World Bank
In 2023, 31.7 billion Norwegian kroner (54% of Norway's aid budget) was allocated through multilateral organizations, with the UN system and the World Bank Group being the two main recipients. This note presents recommendations to the government, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Norad on how the foreign service can become a more effective and coordinated donor to Norway's largest partners. We focus on the UN system and the World Bank in this first note of the series.
An invisible environmental poison costs millions of lives
Lead in food and paint causes health damage to millions of children every year. Poor countries in particular have a long way to go.
Salmon suffering is Norway's darkest secret
... and the government does nothing. Here are four steps that can help with Norway's biggest animal welfare disaster.
Media coverage
Norges Bank: These jobs are disappearing because of AI
Nätavisen has interviewed Aksel Braanen Sterri in connection with a report from Norges Bank. He points out that young people in particular are affected in KI-exposed occupations.
Regjeringen presses: - Vil ikke svare
Dagbladet med en tredje oppfølgningsak om Eirik Mofoss sin bistandsanalyse som viser at stadig mindre av bistandsbudsjettet går til tradisjonell bistand.
Senior Advisor Sigrid Bratlie on Stop the World on Wine, Wuhan and the Truth Behind the Pandemic
How are we supposed to operate in the landscape between conspiracies and truth? Sigrid Bratlie discusses with political editor Torbjørn Røe Isaksen.
The guardian of morality: Aksel Braanen Sterri, head of the profession, in a portrait interview in Magma.
Philosopher Aksel Braanen Sterri counts himself forward to good morals while countering his greatest fear: being boring.
Are we about to be colonized by the tech giants?
Dag Grytli has written about the development of Ki in Morgenbladet, referring to Langsikt's ten Ki-commandments.
Aid will only increase by promiller next year: -- Incredibly disappointing
The red-green parties agree on the state budget for 2026. “It is incredibly disappointing that parties that carry slogans of international solidarity aloft did not fight for it in the negotiations,” says Langsikt leader Eirik Mofoss, who receives support from KrF.
I share Yoshua Bengio's concern about abuse of AI.
Arnoldo Frigessi, professor at UiO, responds to the criticism of Preben Ness and Tellef Solbakk Raabe in his Aftenposten chronicle: “The world's foremost AI scientist warns of the dangers of artificial intelligence. Dismissing him is risky.”
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.