More Room for Language: Investigating the Effect of Retrieval on Language Models
UiO, Room 4118, StyreromThe Language Technology Group (LTG) at University in Oslo is organising weekly RAG seminars. They do research on a number of topics related to Natural Language Processing (NLP), a subfield of Artificial Intelligence enabling computers to `make sense' of human language. This weeks speakers for the LTG research seminar are David Samuel, Lucas Charpentier and […]
Launching NB-Whisper
Nasjonalbiblioteket – Store Auditorium Henrik Ibsens gate 110, OsloOur partner, the National Library, invites you to a "launch seminar" for their newest speech-to-text model for Norwegian. They have invited the police, Schibsted, and TV2 to share how they use speech-to-text. They have been part of their beta group and will discuss the model's handling of Norwegian in various contexts. After lunch, the seminar […]
Trends in news use and avoidance
MediaFutures MCB Store læringsrom, Læringslab 3rd floorIn times of a rather negative-angled news landscape, NRK mapped Norwegians' approach to news, and news avoidance, with extra focus on the young readers. With data from NRK's Youth survey, Reuters Digital News Report, Norsk Mediebarometer, Opinions UNG2024 and more, we see some new features in how news is consumed - and avoided. On February […]
Realizing AIs Potential at the Workplace – Can Copilot Unlock its Opportunities?
Terminushall, Jernbanebakken, 5015 BergenBergen Chamber of Commerce and Industry is hosting a meeting on AI at work. Amongst many others, also MediaFutures Associate Professor Samia Touileb is holding a speech about Limitations and Ethical Considerations Surrounding Language Models. Many have started to explore AI in the form of ChatGPT and similar services over the past year. We have […]
UiB AI #9 Trustworthy AI
Storsalen, Nygårdsgaten 5, første etasje.How do we work with trust in artificial intelligence? Meet our researchers and participate in the next UiB AI seminar! Artificial intelligence today is maybe not yet human-centric, but it is definitely human collaborative. That means that people use AI to augment their abilities: the spam filter saves me time, the route finder helps me […]
Women in AI 2024
Domus Bibliotheca, Karl Johans gate 47, 0162, OsloOn the 8th of March, MediaFutures partner NORA invites to the Women in AI celebration at Domus Bibliotheca, Oslo. The event will also be streamed live. Doors open at 17:30 - mineral water, refreshments & canapes will be served. Register here Together with our partners, NORA has dedicated efforts towards supporting universities, university colleges, research […]
Media Innovation Xchange. EU Conference on Digital Transformation and Media Innovation
digitalImmerse yourself in the future of European media and join the event in Brussels (or digitally) on March 13-14, 2024, for a conference on the digital transformation and innovation of the media sector. The media sector is in a constant state of flux, with many technological advances emerging at a rapid pace, bringing forth significant […]
News personalization with “Curate”
MediaFutures MCB Store læringsrom, Læringslab 3rd floorMediaFutures invites to a seminar on news personalization with Schibsted in MediaFutures headquarter, MCB, 3rd floor. The seminar will also be streamed. The Curate project has been created to enable Schibsted media outlets to craft an optimal content selection for each individual user, delivering content tailored precisely to their preferences, in the appropriate format, location, […]
Mobilisation seminar on AI for trust and sustainability
Storsalen, Nygårdsgaten 5, første etasje.In connection with the upcoming announcement of the AI billion, the Research and Innovation Department at UiB (Forsknings- og innovasjonsavdelingen FIA) invites academic communities researching artificial intelligence to a mobilization seminar. The purpose is to highlight AI environments and center initiatives at UiB, and identify opportunities for interdisciplinary collaboration in future work. The Research Council's […]
CuttingEdgeAI: Open Norwegian language models as common property.
Domus Bibliotheca, Karl Johans gate 47, 0162, OsloEarlier this month, MediaFutures professor Lilja Øvrelid and Erik Velldal released in collaboration with other partners several Norwegian language models openly available and trained on open data. These have now been downloaded over 6000 times and put into active use. Now, NORA is organising a launch event, where they will present the models alongside their […]
Building to learn, not to launch
Lauritz Meltzers Hus - SV-bygget - Fosswinckelsgate 6 - - Auditorium Storetinget 1st floor, BergenApril 16, Lasse Mejlvang Tvedt, and Christopher Pearsell-Ross from Futures Lab will hold a guest lecture in professor Frode Guribyes course, where they talk about how Schibsted works with prototyping and AI to make new applications. Join Lasse Mejlvang Tvedt, Senior Creative Technologist, and Christopher Pearsell-Ross, Senior UX Designer, to learn more about how Schibsted […]
Christie Conference 2024
UiB Universitetsaulaen and onlineThe Christie Conference aims to be UiB's key forum connecting research, politics, administration, culture, society, and business. Held annually in late April at the University Aula, it's named after Wilhelm Frimann Koren Christie, founder of Bergen Museum, a prominent political figure, and a bridge between the museum and societal stakeholders. On Tuesday, April 23rd, the […]