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Standard for Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence
How to manage AI risk? A guide for Norwegian businesses. A collaboration between EY and Langsikt
It shouldn't be up to you to say yes or no to Facebook
Privacy is not protected by focusing more on consent or deleting our profiles.
A lab leak may have started the corona pandemic
The corona pandemic has been the biggest global crisis of our time. It has cost millions of lives, trillions of dollars and inflicted countless other negative consequences on society. The origins of the pandemic remain an unanswered question. In this document, we review the available knowledge. Based on this, we assess it as of June 2024, as most likely that the pandemic was the result of an accident at a research laboratory in Wuhan, not from natural contagion from animals at the wet market close by. We also point out how both the political and scientific system have failed in dealing with the issue and thus stood in the way of designing a knowledge-based preparedness and prevention policy for future pandemics.
Weapons, Plague and Gold - Opportunities and Threats of New Biotechnology
The twin revolutions in biotechnology and artificial intelligence will, in the future, dramatically increase the ability of humans to decode and program genetic code. This gives us the ability to design completely new biological functions and organisms - called synthetic biology. Synthetic biology will, over the next few decades, create trillion-class values and help us solve challenges in climate, animal welfare, food supply, medicine, vaccines, biomaterials and many other areas. At the same time, synthetic biology can have disastrous consequences either as a result of mishaps or intentional damage. In order to harness the enormous benefits that biorevolution can bring us, while avoiding the greatest dangers, we need to develop precise and ambitious policies. Download the memo to read more about this topic. If you would like to read the memo that specifically deals with the origin of the corona pandemic, you can find it here: www.langsikt.no/en/publikasjoner/lablekkasje.
Constitution needs to be changed
May 17th may not be the day to criticize either the nation or constitution. But it has to be done.
Norwegian aid is like an emergency room where friends are treated first
And the Minister of Health decides what treatment should be given.
Don't stick your head in the sand
Jacob Wulff Wold and Aksel Braanen Sterri respond to criticism from Kjetil Rommetveit and Ragnar Fjelland.
We don't know if private health threatens the welfare state -- lacking data
We don't know how many people buy healthcare privately, who they are, and why they do it. Absence of data is a democratic problem.
Recommendations for the UN report on autonomous weapons
Langsikt thanks for the opportunity to contribute to Norway's preparations for the UN Secretary-General's report on autonomous weapons systems. (NB: The PDF is in Norwegian)
Norwegian foundations are stingy
Billions of dollars are dusting down, rather than solving society's challenges. Foundations should provide more and faster.
Media coverage
Eirik Mofoss om endringer i et langsiktig perspektiv på Storebrand-konferansen
Se hele foredraget på Storebrand sine nettsider.
Jan-Christian Vestre and Eirik Mofoss at Ekko
The Minister of Health and Care Services and the Generel Manager of Langsikt spoke about the WHO, the aid cuts, health security and the EU Health Union.
Stortingsseminar om Framtidspanelet den 2. juni
En oppsummering fra stortingsseminaret om Framtidspanelets anbefalinger om Oljefondet ligger tilgjengelig på Framtidspanelets nettsider. Langsikt var medarrangør av eventet.
High-level power play ahead of Gavi's funding round
Development Today writes about the upcoming Gavi replenishment and mentions Langand Eirik Mofoss's work with Norwegian authorities and with the Stoltenberg Committee on Global Health.
Sigrid Bratlie on the podcast Drivkraft
“Everyone who is safe is wrong,” says the scientist who believes the Covid virus originated in a Wuhan laboratory. She hopes she's wrong.
Three media cases in Panorama Nyheter following Long-Term memo on “Locally led support for development”.
Development Minister Åsmund Aukrust and three civil society organisations have responded to the criticism in a new memo from Langwho believes that too much power and money in aid is being left in Norway.
“The Mystery of Wuhan - The Hunt for the Origin of the Covid Pandemic” by Sigrid Bratlie with various media coverage in newspapers, television and on the radio.
The book of Langsikt's senior advisor was reviewed by NRK, VG and Morgenbladet, and Sigrid was interviewed by Aftenposten, Nettavisen and Vårt Land, and appeared on Dagsrevyen, Good Morning Norway and Wolfgang W on launch day.
Abid Raja profile removed from booking agency after lecture criticism
Sondre Hansmark, seniorrådgiver i Langsikt, kritiserte Abid Raja for å ta betalt for å holde foredrag. I mediestormen som fulgte ble profilen til Raja hos bookingbyrået fjernet. Saken ble også dekket i VG, Nettavisen og Dagsnytt 18.
Interview with Nobel laureate in economics, Micheal Kremer, about the cuts to USAID
Micheal Kremer recently visited Oslo and gave lectures on effective aid, among others, hosted by Lang. The general manager of Long-Term, Eirik Mofoss, is interviewed in the report.
Aksel Braanen Sterri diskuterer Framtidspanelet på TV2 Nyhetskompaniet
Fagsjef i Langsikt gjestet TV2 Nyhetskompaniet fredag 16. mai.