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SUMMARY:Why should we consider ethical and societal aspects in the development of language models?
DESCRIPTION:On Wednesday\, 4 March\, Samia Touileb\, Associate Professor at the Department of Information Science and Media Studies\, will join Academic Morning Coffee to talk about: Why should we consider ethical and societal aspects in the development of language models? \nDate: 4 MarchVenue: SV-cafeteria (Lauritz Meltzers hus\, 4th floor)\, Fosswinckels gate 6\, 5007 Bergen \nTime: 9:15-10:00 (coffee and tea served from 9:00) \nAbstract: \nAs language models become increasingly integrated into everyday life\, the need to understand and mitigate their ethical risks grows. These technologies influence various aspects of our lives\, making it important to ask questions such as: How can we measure and reduce the social and cultural biases embedded in language models? What methods exist for evaluating the safety of these systems and preventing potential harm? Is it possible to adapt language models to our ethical\, cultural\, and societal values while ensuring transparency and accountability? And are we capable of developing robust evaluation mechanisms? \nSamia Touileb is an Associate Professor in language technology (Natural Language Processing) with research interests in bias and fairness in models\, information extraction\, automatic summarisation\, and applications of language technology and machine learning in social science research. She received the Faculty’s Award for Dissemination in 2025 and\, in the same year\, became a member of the Young Academy of Norway (AYF). In this conversation\, Touileb will discuss some of the most pressing concerns related to the rapid development of large language models\, both globally and in the Norwegian context. \nThe conversation will be in Norwegian.
URL:https://mediafutures.no/event/why-should-we-consider-ethical-and-societal-aspects-in-the-development-of-language-models/
LOCATION:SV-cafeteria (Lauritz Meltzers hus\, 4th floor)\, Fosswinckels gate 6\, Bergen\, 5007\, Norway
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SUMMARY:Samia Touileb & Lilja Øvrelid at the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters
DESCRIPTION:Samia Touileb and Lilja Øvrelid from MediaFutures will participate as keynote speakers in a conversation at the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters\, as part of the Forskning og KI (Research and AI) series. The event will focus on the themes of research sovereignty and artificial intelligence\, discussing their implications for the future of media and technology. It will provide valuable insights into how AI intersects with academic research and the importance of sovereignty in the rapidly evolving technological landscape. \nSpeakers:Samia Touileb is an Associate Professor in Language Technology at the Department of Information and Media Studies at the University of Bergen. She is a member of the Academy of Young Researchers and was honored with the Communication Award by the Faculty of Social Sciences in November 2025. \nLilja Øvrelid is a Professor at the Department of Informatics at the University of Oslo\, where she leads the Language Technology Group. Her research focuses on text processing using machine learning techniques. \nDate: 11th March 2026Location: Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters \nFor more details\, please visit the official event page.
URL:https://mediafutures.no/event/samia-touleb-lilja-ovrelid-at-the-norwegian-academy-of-science-and-letters/
LOCATION:Det Norske Videnskaps-Akademi\, Drammensveien 78\, Oslo\, Norway
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SUMMARY:SFI MediaFutures Lunch Seminar: Meet Ryan Anthony Marinelli
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a lunch seminar with our new postdoctoral researcher Ryan Anthony Marinelli\, who will introduce himself and his work. \nRyan will present his previous research and current research interests\, followed by his postdoctoral plan and project collaboration ideas with our industry partners. \nAll are welcome! \nDate: 27 MarchTime: 11:15 – 12:45Venue: MediaFutures  \nAbstract:From Exploitation to Representation: Evaluating Secure AI and Norwegian EmbeddingsThis talk opens by exploring AI safety and security across different levels of abstraction. At the highest level\, we examine how AI interacts with society and how filtering mechanisms can be applied to mitigate risks. In contrast\, the lowest level is explored through mechanistic interpretability\, focusing on how models memorize information and how they may be aligned with human values.The second part of the talk focuses on embeddings and recent evaluation efforts to understand the ability of large language models to function as embedding models. There is particular interest in embeddings within a news context\, analyzing how to best support retrieval and retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) in more specialized use cases\, including Norwegian-language settings.
URL:https://mediafutures.no/event/sfi-mediafutures-lunch-seminar-meet-ryan-anthony-marinelli/
LOCATION:MediaFutures\, Media Futures HQ\, 3rd floor\, Bergen\, 5008
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