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A Norwegian Center for AI?
A Norwegian Center for AI?
MediaFutures partner NORA is organising a digital discussion on the allocation of the AI billion. In Norway, there is an ongoing discussion about how to best allocate the 'AI billion.' Some suggest that we should use various tools to support AI research, following the traditional approach of calling for proposals managed by The Research Council […]
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Call for literature reviews: Nordicom Reviews special issue
Call for literature reviews: Nordicom Reviews special issue
Nordicom is inviting authors to submit extended abstracts for a special issue of Nordicom Review focusing on the relationship between media, communication, journalism, and democracy within the Nordic region. The call emphasizes literature reviews examining how these elements interplay and influence democratic processes. The submission deadline for abstracts is February 9, 2024. Selected authors will […]
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More Room for Language: Investigating the Effect of Retrieval on Language Models
More Room for Language: Investigating the Effect of Retrieval on Language Models
The 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 […]
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Launching NB-Whisper
Launching NB-Whisper
Our 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 […]
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Trends in news use and avoidance
Trends in news use and avoidance
In 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 […]
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Realizing AIs Potential at the Workplace – Can Copilot Unlock its Opportunities?
Realizing AIs Potential at the Workplace – Can Copilot Unlock its Opportunities?
Bergen 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 […]