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Norwegian foundations are stingy
Billions of dollars are dusting down, rather than solving society's challenges. Foundations should provide more and faster.
AGI is not futurism
The fact that the problems belong to the future does not mean that we should postpone the discussion of artificial general intelligence until we are in the middle of them.
The cold we forgot: Norway's missing nuclear winter preparedness
This memorandum assesses Norway's lack of nuclear winter preparedness and aims to raise awareness of the necessity of preparing for a potential nuclear winter.
Would you have your personal AI Jonas?
Deepfake technology can be used for more important matters than humor.
Input to the National Quality of Life Strategy
Langsikt supports the government's strategy to make the quality of life of the population a guiding star in policy making and use knowledge of quality of life to develop policies that promote quality of life. We thank you for the opportunity to provide input that can make the strategy even better. (NB: The PDF is in Norwegian)
Our children, the guinea pigs
If we're going to experiment on schoolchildren we have to do it properly.
Norges Bank should set carbon price
If we are to achieve our climate goals, politicians must give up control of the carbon price.
Consensus on AI Act - France, Germany and Italy give in
In December, EU policymakers reached a political consensus on the main contentious issues of the AI Act (KI Regulation), the EU's flagship for regulating artificial intelligence. After a month of technical clarifications, formal agreement was reached on Friday.
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Is democracy solving the climate crisis?
Sondre Hansmark, senior adviser at Langsikt, discussed whether ballots are enough to get us out of the climate crisis, or whether it's time to rethink. The debate took place at the Varmere, Villere, Våtere 2025 climate festival.
- After the fall of the United States, Norway should take over the leadership jersey on global health security and preparedness
The Stoltenberg Committee on Global Health has written a chronicle of why Støre must take the lead in preventing a new (or worse) corona pandemic. Long-Term was one of the principals behind the Stoltenberg selection in the autumn of 2024.
Sigrid Bratlie at Dagens Medisin's five-year Covid-19 conference
Five years since Covid-19 - are we better prepared for the next pandemic? Senior Adviser Sigrid Bratlie and council member Camilla Stoltenberg, attended the conference on the occasion of the fifth anniversary. Recordings can be viewed in the link.
Serious criticism of Norwegian salmon farming
The Albert Schweitzer Foundation in Germany writes about serious conditions in Norwegian salmon farming, referring to the Langsikt note “Beneath the Surface: The Animal Welfare Crisis in the Farming Industry”.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs responds to the criticism in a new Langsikt policy note: “Will significantly damage the management and follow-up of Norwegian aid.
The Foreign Ministry rejects the foreign service being subsidised by aid and believes cuts in administration costs of half a billion kronor are a bad idea.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (UD) is spending $500 million too much to administer aid.
In addition, NOK 200 million from UD's operating budget should be transferred to Norad. Cindy Robles, Senior Advisor at Langsikt, is interviewed by Panorama News about new Langsikt policy note.
Will move at least 700 million aid from the State Department
Too much of Norway's aid goes to administration, and an excessively high proportion of administration costs falls to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Eirik Mofoss, General Manager of Langsikt, is interviewed by Minerva about a new Langsikt policy note.
Norway introduces EU regulations for genetically modified food and feed
The EEA regulations with the coaching record of a full 22 years are finally introduced in Norway. Sigrid Bratlie, Senior Advisor at Lang, debated the issue with Geir Pollestad in Dagsnytt 18.
Powerful AI tool launched in Norway: Create videos in seconds
Anders Eidesvik, advisor at Langsikt, is interviewed by NRK in connection with the launch of the AI-video tool Sora in Norway. -We are seeing signs that European leaders will soften the regulations a little bit [around AI]. This is to be able to compete with China and the United States in the field of AI, according to Eidesvik.
The Lab Leak Theory: - The Great Scandal
Sigrid Bratlie, Senior Advisor at Langsikt, believes that the corona pandemic, most likely, was caused by an infectious accident at a laboratory at the Chinese Wuhan Institute of Virology.