OpenAI has announced plans to build its first European data centre in Northern Norway.
As a research centre focused on media technology and AI, we are observing this development with both critical interest and curiosity. mediafutures.no/2025/07/31/n...
Science communication isn’t just for newspapers. @pintsworld.bsky.social takes research to bars. We made a MediaFutures edition, featuring three researchers sharing work in progress:
Samia Touileb – Bias in LLMs
Yuki Onishi – Eye Gaze in TV Galleries
PeteAndrews – AI Political Co-Pilot
Tonight’s the night! 🍻🧠
Join us at Statsraaden Bar for our spin off event about The Future of Media Technology with @sfiMediaFutures.bsky.social & @pintsworld.bsky.social
Three short talks, relaxed vibe — see you at 19:00! 🎯📺
#Pint25 #Bergen
We are constantly working on improving open source Norwegian language models and here are some results.
Professor Erik Velldal and professor Lilja Øvrelid included copyright-protected material to the models training and evaluation data with great success.
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Abstract: User trust is key to successful recommendations. We studied how different interfaces, content strategies, and the presence of proponents (people/avatars) affect trust. Findings reveal design impacts on trust, use, and potential misuse in future recommender systems.
👨🏫 MediaFutures seminar: Boosting User Trust to Increase the Uptake of Recommendations
🗓️ When: June 6th, 12:30 - 13:30 CET
📍 Where: MediaFutures office, Media City Bergen/ on zoom (link in event)
We hope to see you there! Abstract in the comments below 👇
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Be Online Smart! 🧐
Do you know someone who thinks that a high number of shares automatically means high credibility? Then feel free to tap them on the shoulder and let them know that’s not always the case.
Assoc. Professor Vinay Setty and former UiS student Adam James Becker have introduced a first-of-its-kind platform for real-time podcast transcription, annotation, and fact-checking as described in their paper: “Annotation Tool and Dataset for Fact-Checking Podcasts”. mediafutures.no/2025/05/27/n...
MediaFutures task leader Andreas L Opdahl has received innovation seed funding for his AI project "Demokratibasen" from UiB Idé!
Congratulations!
Watch the presentation of MediaFutures researcher Erik Knudsen about this years Media Survey at the Nordic Media Days Conference 2025 here. nordiskemediedager.no/sesjoner/med...
May 5th, WP3 held a full-day workshop where researchers and industry partners came together to explore new innovation projects. The goal has been to develop smart tools for computational journalism — tools that help create trustworthy, engaging content and improve fact-checking.
TV2 was one of the first big news rooms to try out a chatbot imitating a real live moderator: A moderator you can directly interact with on your phone. With him, TV2 wanted to make news about politics in the US more accessible, but still fact based. Did they succeed?
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We might have teared up (just a little) putting together this nostalgic look back at the highlights of our journey. This visual throwback marks a proud milestone: our successful midway evaluation.
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– AI chatbots generate answers based on what they believe is the most likely continuation of a sentence, with no guarantee of a connection to the actual question," – Professor Lilja Øvrelid, SFI MediaFutures.
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PhD Cand. Pete Andrews just presented his new paper "AiModerator: A Co-Pilot for Hyper-Contextualization in Political Debate Video" at the #IUI 2025. mediafutures.no/wp-content/u...
Previous research has shown that older people share more misinformation online. However, a new American study shows that young people have a harder time detecting misinformation than older people, something which MediaFutures associate professor Erik Knudsen surprised. www.nrk.no/ostfold/unge...
Are you our next Researcher in quantitative media trust at MediaFutures? #job #researcher #media #trust #forskning #bergen
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Mobilizing the youth for fact-checking is quite a clever idea. dpa's Teen Fact-Checking Network is a good example of how to engage young people in the fight against fake news. Maybe worth trying that in Norway? @dpa.com @faktisk-no.bsky.social @factiverse.ai
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✋ We got a vacancy for a researcher position at MediaFutures within Media Content Production and Analysis.
DEADLINE to apply: March 16th 2025 mediafutures.no/career/
Today is the International Day of Women and Girls in Science! In celebration of this day, four of our female researchers share their motivations, role models, and advice for those aspiring to pursue a career in research. mediafutures.no/2025/02/11/w... #research #science #Norway #women #kvinner
Trattner uses his hands to stress the words he says while holding the presentation.
Centre leader Christoph Trattner addressed possible solutions to combat disinformation in today's society in his presentation at #Lerchendalkonferansen yesterday.
– I want to remind us how important AI is, and how much impact it has on our economy and lives, he said.
Foto: Jens Petter Larsen
“Rather than giving up digital content moderation efforts, we have to invest even more in fact-checking tools and help users to navigate political news in our challenging time”, centre leader Christoph Trattner says. rb.gy/r9po7e @faktisk-no.bsky.social @factiverse.ai @mediaclusternorway.no #meta
Marianne's paper about how people connect with news in different ways, focusing on six types of news experiences, is now officially published!
Marianne Borchgrevink-Brækhus's is completing her PhD with us. Check out what else she has published rb.gy/punsjb.
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Me saatiin 8/10 :) Vaikea, mutta kiinnostava testi.
WE ARE HIRING a Researcher in User Modelling, Personalisation & Engagement @ SFI MediaFutures/UiB. Do you have a strong research track record in recommender systems, AI, digital media and interest in user psychology, personalization, and/or technology ethics? Apply by 15.03.25. rb.gy/wrme96
