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MediaFutures educates the next generation of AI and media scholars
SFI MediaFutures is a consortium of media players from the industry and academics. Our researchers, PostDocs and PhD candidates are besides their research also teaching students at the university in courses varying from recommender systems, to...
EU AI Act comes into force: What it means for Norway and beyond
As of August 1, 2024, the EU AI Act has officially come into effect, marking a significant milestone in the regulation of artificial intelligence across Europe. This landmark legislation, agreed upon by all 27 EU member states in December 2023,...
“It turned out that many of the institutions that deliver trustworthy content can still be the subject of bad management practices and treatment of employees.”
I am an associate professor II, being part of WP2. I co-supervise PhD students Ayoub and Jeng, and am involved in projects related to news recommender systems and healthy eating.
“Channeling technological innovation to increase productivity is one of the most important challenges facing the media industry”
Faktisk.no joined WP3 as an industry partner in August last year. I’ve been part of that work package since then, and also taken a seat on the Steering Board.
“We’ve seen signs of industry retraction from tech companies, indicating that news industries are asserting their independence from corporate tech power”
I’ve been working with NRK to develop their front page categorisation scheme. I’ve worked a lot with content analyses of media content in the past, so I have some experience in categorising news – so whether we are looking at a crime story or a political story, social issues or sports.
From research assistant to backend developer in TV2
Snorre Alvsvåg, a Master’s graduate in Information Science from Sotra, has built an impressive career path. Starting as a research assistant at SFI MediaFutures in 2021, he moved up to a full-time developer position at Norway’s commercial public...
