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NMD: Media Survey 2024: American Conditions
As part of this years Nordic Media Days, MediaFutures associate professor Erik Knudsen will present the Medieundersøkelse. Fall 2024 marks another presidential election in the United States, prompting this year's Media Survey to delve into the media habits of the American populace and their level of trust in the press. How and from where do […]
NMD: AI and the media industry: Where do we stand? Where do we go?
NMD: AI and the media industry: Where do we stand? Where do we go?
When OpenAI launched ChatGPT in November 2022, it sparked a rapid democratization of generative AI technology. It also marked the beginning of a new era for the media industry. This session is lead by technology and news leaders from four major Norwegian media companies sharing the impact that the rapid AI development has had on […]
NMD: ChatGPT, Copilot & Bard – How do Large Language Models Work?
NMD: ChatGPT, Copilot & Bard – How do Large Language Models Work?
Large language models have taken over Norwegian media companies, and the technology is being used in increasingly more phases of news production, from idea development, transcription, translation, to summarization. But what exactly is a language model, and how do they work? Samia Touileb is an associate professor in language technology at the Department of Information […]
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Master Student Demonstration
Master Student Demonstration
UiBs media network Teklab is organising the first ever Master Student Demo at the program for media and interaction design (MIX). The event will take place in the Atrium in Media City Bergen from 10.00 to 12.30 on Friday May 3rd. This is an event in the newly established "Innovation Days" at the MIX program. This […]
Webinar on EU elections and how to prevent interference
Webinar on EU elections and how to prevent interference
The EU elections, Europe Day, Victory Day and Eurovision are approaching - and so are the opportunities for spreading false information and fomenting polarization. That's why Faktabari, in cooperation with its NORDIS partners, is organizing a free webinar for journalists on the EU elections and election interference on May 3. The webinar will be held […]
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Academic breakfast with Erik Knudsen
Academic breakfast with Erik Knudsen
The SV-faculty invites all students and employees at UiB to attend Erik Knudsens presentation about news avoiders in Norway. Have you found yourself consciously avoiding news or specific news topics over the past year? For instance, have you refrained from clicking on stories about the dire situations in Ukraine or Gaza? If so, you're not […]
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Ethical considerations regarding the use of AI
Western Norwegian Film Centre, in collaboration with the Zephyr Media Fund, BIFF, and the Film Association, invites you to industry days and a film festival at Kode Permanenten on May 29th and 30th in Bergen, where we gather the film industry in the region for inspiring lectures, presentations of fresh film and TV projects, and […]
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International Workshop: “AI & Political Conflict”
The Boston-Bergen Forum on Digital Futures invites to a two-day hybrid event, bringing together prominent scholars to discuss the impact of AI-based platforms and their underlying technological, normative, and economic principles, on political discourse, deep disagreement, and conflict. We are happy to invite to our second international workshop “AI & Political Conflict”, a two-day, hybrid […]
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Humaniora meets Artifical Intelligence
Humaniora meets Artifical Intelligence
UHR-Humaniora and the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Bergen invite to a conference on artificial intelligence and the humanities on May 31st. The event will be in Norwegian. Artificial intelligence (AI) has opened up new possibilities for how we communicate, create art, and participate in democracy. However, while the development of AI is […]
Political news analysis by YouTubers : Initial results from quantitative processing of a textual corpus
Political news analysis by YouTubers : Initial results from quantitative processing of a textual corpus
MediaFutures Work Package 1 and The Network for culture, inequality and democracy (KUD/CID) at Infomedia invite to a public lecture on the topic of alternative political analysis on YouTube, given by Quentin Gilliotte, Professeur Junior at Université Panthéon-Assas (Paris, France) There will be time for a Q&A. The productions on digital platforms are becoming an increasingly […]