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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
Research Director Aksel Braanen Sterri comments on the Perpektivin NRK Nyheter
“We need a perspective message with multiple perspectives.” This was the main message of Aksel Braanen Sterri, Head of Science, when he spoke about artificial intelligence (AI) at Norsk rikskringkasting (NRK) in connection with the launch of the perspective message. Previous perspective reports have overlooked the financial crisis, the pandemic, wars and most recently artificial intelligence, i.e. the really big events. Instead of just presenting one scenario, we should acknowledge the uncertainty we live with. This allows us to assess how robust our societal institutions are in the face of many different futures, not just the one that most closely resembles the past.
AI entrepreneur tests basic salary. — Need a drastic realignment.
Academic Director Aksel Braanen Sterri was interviewed by Aftenposten about the major citizen wage study funded by Sam Altman.
Think agriculture drives scare propaganda: Starts in new think tank to promote genetic engineering
Senior advisor Sigrid Bratlie has been interviewed by Nationen about modern genetic engineering in food production. Sigrid points out that there are concerns about adopting genetic engineering that should be taken seriously. However, this should not stand in the way of all the positive aspects of GMOs, such as the significant contributions they can make to the path to a sustainable food system.
Vi står på terskelen til en slags «perfekt storm» i helsevesenet
Intervju av seniorrådgiver Sigrid Bratlie om helsepolitikk og regulering av bioteknologi. -Regelverket for bruk av genteknologi er i dag svært lite treffsikkert og paradoksalt nok motsatt av hvordan det burde være. Nyttig bruk av genteknologi, særlig innen matproduksjon, er overregulert av politiske årsaker, mens de virkelig farlige bruksområdene er underregulert.
Seniorrådgiver Sigrid Bratlie i Sommer i P2
Snart tar vi kontroll over gener og lager nytt liv. Det gir molekylærbiologen Sigrid tro på fremtiden - og noen søvnløse netter.
Vi må snakke opp muligheten til å bidra
Misjonsalliansen svarer på daglig leder Eirik Mofoss sitt innlegg "Krisene vi ikke bryr oss om" ved å peke på at man må fokusere på at det nytter å gjøre noe for å løse fattigdom og humanitære kriser.
Skapt på lab i Kina
Teorier om hvordan covid oppstod har skapt stor splid, og flere blir sett på som konspiratoriske. Norsk forsker mener at viruset ble skapt på et laboratorium i Wuhan.
Meta må betale mer skatt
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Sannsynlighetsovervekt for at koronapandemien oppstod i laboratorium
En fersk rapport vil en gang for alle rehabilitetere det som lenge ble sett på som en farlig konspirasjonsteori.
Ditt privatliv er min sikkerhet
Vi overlater ikke nasjonalt forsvar til enkeltmennesker, skriver Vivi Ringnes Berrefjord.