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The machine can find shortcuts in the tank
A machine has improved one of computer science's most fundamental ideas -- Dijkstra's shortest path algorithm. It marks a turning point, where the boundary between human insight and machine computation is blurring.
We need a research institute for AI security
Artificial intelligence will be our next societal infrastructure. In order to trust it, we need to understand how it learns, reasons and influences us back. Norway should establish a research institute for AI security — not as supervision, but as an arena for insight, values and robust societal understanding.
CPR for foreign aid
The government is providing fresh billions for military support to Ukraine. But the fact that civilian aid is financed by cutting aid to the world's poorest threatens the very mainstay of Norwegian aid. That's why we are calling out the alarm, writing 25 organizations and actors.
Survey on Norwegians' attitudes to aid
Langsikt has designed a survey on Norwegians' attitudes to aid, which was conducted by Ipsos on a representative sample of 1,069 Norwegians in the two weeks before the election in September 2025. Press the Download button to read the full report in which Ipsos summarizes the results.
Five predictions about the future of aid
International aid is not dead, but changing. Five trends in particular will shape the future of development, according to aid veteran Masood Ahmed.
The Arguments "Bondelaget" Leads Are Weak
Farmers should not stand in the way of GMOs that can make the farming industry more sustainable and strengthen fish welfare.
Preserving the wealth tax is good conservative policy
The wealth tax is an insurance against the greater vulnerability of the tax system, writes Aksel Braanen Sterri in a reply to Eirik Løkke.
Gene technology for better fish welfare
GMO anxiety does not merely cost the aquaculture industry billions of Norwegian kroner; it also harms the lives and health of salmon. To prevent avoidable suffering, industry leaders and policymakers must act quickly.
Media crisis on the stairs
Artificial intelligence can undermine the media business model.
Media coverage
Executive Director Eirik Mofoss in NRK Debatten on Aid
Executive Director Eirik Mofoss meets Development Minister Anne Beathe Tvinnereim (Sp), Hans Andreas Limi (FrP), and Kari Helene Partapuoli (Plan International Norway) in NRK Debatten on whether Norwegian aid is working well enough and whether it should be divided into two: poverty alleviation and global common goods.
Kan idealistane redde kloden?
Daglig leder Eirik Mofoss i Kompass på NRK P2 om personlig forbruk og vårt moralske ansvar for framtidige generasjoner.
Civitafrokost: Hvordan kan norsk bistand bli mer effektiv?
Daglig leder Eirik Mofoss deltok i paneldebatt om hvordan norsk bistand kan bli mer effektiv sammen med Asle Toje, Erik Solheim og Kari Helene Partapuoli
Norad-sjefen: Politikerne bestemmer alt og har ansvar for alt
Intervju med Norad-direktør Bård Vegar Solhjell om den nylige bistandsdebatten, der blant annet kritikken som daglig leder Eirik Mofoss har kommet med av norsk bistand diskuteres.
Reagerer på Eirik Mofoss’ oppgjør: – Bistand er politikk
Kirkens Nødhjelp og Care er kritiske til tidligere Norad-byråkrat Eirik Mofoss’ angrep på norsk bistandspolitikk. Men han får støtte fra Civita, som mener utviklingsministeren avviser en viktig debatt.
Handlingsregelen som kan redde norsk bistand
Generalsekretæren i Redd Barna svarer på kritikken av norsk bistandspolitikk ytret av daglig leder Eirik Mofoss i et intervju i Morgenbladet 1.mars.
Minervapodden: Eirik Mofoss - Skuffet bistandsforvalter
Daglig leder Eirik Mofoss intervjuet i Minervapodden om norsk bistandspolitikk.
Norsk bistand lar seg ikke forsvare
Intervju med daglig leder Eirik Mofoss. "Makta bryr seg visst ikke om fakta, konstanterer Eirik Mofoss. Han har i frustrasjon sluttet i jobben sin som fagdirektør i Norad og tar nå et kraftig oppgjør med norsk bistandspolitikk."
Senior Advisor Sigrid Bralie at Radio Mørch
Erlend Mørch talks to molecular biologist Sigrid Bralie about everything CRISPR can do: design babies, bio-weapons and centaurs. This episode has been nominated for the Prix Radio (radio industry awards) in the category Best Facts of the Year!
Politikk på en ny måte!
Aksel Braanen Sterri mener at dagens politikk har en rekke blindflekker. Løsningen var å opprette et senter for langsiktig politikk. Intervju med fagsjef Aksel Braanen Sterri.