NorwAI is preparing for launching a Norwegian large language model based on the GPT technology. The model is well under way based on a new NTNU dataset providing billions of tokens and parameters.  NorwAI partners Schibsted and DnB is woking closely with the research project team in the innovation prosess.

- An important milestone for NorwAI, says professor and director of the research center Jon Atle Gulla.  

Norwegian language may be at risk, warns expert group led by Jonas E. Wettre (photo) at the Norwegian Board of Technology in a report to Parliament and Government on the new speech technologies. 

The newcomer ChatGPT sturrs intense interest on use and misuse of language models in academia 

How to avoid robot cheating 

Discussions on the use of the talkative chatbot ChatGPT is all over the place. Concern is raised on effect on exams.  (Article in Norwegian)

NTNU not to change exams rules

Prorector Marit Reitan says NTNU will intensify work to avoid cheating, but makes noe change in exam rules so far.      (Article in Norwegian)

The AI elephant in the media lab room

NorwAIs Benjamin Kille met European media developers eager to learn from the ongoing work with NorwAIs large language models at 'Media Lab Day' in Hamburg organized by world publisher organization Wan-Ifra.   

AI Sweden together with RISE and WASP WARA Media & Language are building the first truly large-scale generative language model for the Nordic languages and primarily Swedish. We are now inviting developers and practitioners to a controlled pre-release of the models to try them out! 

NorwAI & NAIL AI Seminar, February 3: "Small particles, big data: machine learning at the Large Hadron Collider" with Steffen Mæland 

Mark your calender for October 31st and November 1st - the next NorwAI AI conference in Trondheim will take place from lunch-to-lunch. Top keynotes, engaged audience to meet and relate. 

Registration will be announced later. 

NorwAI Innovate program chairs named to prapare for  the upcoming AI conference in Trondheim in Oct/Nov

Özlem is adjunct professor at Institute for Computer Science at NTNU

Simen Eide is head of Schibsted's AI Enablement Program.