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The FVO Association wins award for best AI solution at Impact Hack 2025

2025-03-14
The FVO Association was awarded for its AI tool to coordinate and match financial support via FVO to households in need. The organization, which annually receives 13,000 applications, sees that the AI...
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Hands-on MLOps at AI robotics challenge

2025-03-13
Last week, participants gathered in Gothenburg and Stockholm for the AI Robotics Challenge hosted by AI Sweden and Red Hat . The event challenged them to deepen their understanding of Machine Learning...
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Open house at AI Sweden draws large audience

2025-03-11
AI Sweden recently hosted two Open House events in Stockholm and Gothenburg. The events featured discussions on how AI can contribute to solving societal challenges and creating new opportunities...
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AI Sweden's Impact Report 2024: A year of growth and collaboration

2025-03-06
AI Sweden's Impact Report 2024 is here! The report describes a year of significant growth, during which we welcomed 41 new partners. It was also a year where we demonstrated the strength of...
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Launched: My AI 2.0!

2025-03-05
My AI, AI Sweden’s online community for the Swedish AI ecosystem, has launched in an updated version. “The first iteration of My AI 2.0 focuses on the design and user experience. There are also a...
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AI Sweden contributes to the development of open LLMs for transparent AI in Europe

2025-02-26
Europe's leading AI companies and research institutions combine their forces and expertise to develop next-generation open-source language models. AI Sweden is one of the 20 European partners that...
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AI Trend Seminar 2025: Navigating the era of collective intelligence

2025-02-25
More than 900 listeners gathered for AI Sweden’s AI Trend Seminar 2025 and delved into the transformative power of collective intelligence and its implications across various sectors. Leading experts...
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AI collaboration for enhanced preparedness

2025-02-20
How can Sweden enhance its national preparedness and defense capabilities through collaboration around AI – and what role does AI Sweden play as a facilitator of such collaboration? These were the key...
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Impact Hack 2025 brings together Swedish civil society: Aims to solve societal challenges with the help of AI

2025-02-13
AI Sweden today announced the ten Swedish organizations selected to participate in Impact Hack 2025. Together with around 80 AI experts, the organizations will spend a day developing ideas linked to...
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Three Swedish university hospitals are developing their practical AI capabilities in collaboration with Canada

2025-01-29
Karolinska University Hospital, Skåne University Hospital and Sahlgrenska University Hospital are collaborating with Canadian healthcare provider Unity Health Toronto in a new project to strengthen...
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LeakPro enables collaboration around sensitive data

2025-01-29
In the latest episode of the AI Sweden Podcast, Johan Östman, researcher and project manager at AI Sweden, talks about LeakPro. The project’s goal is to better understand—and therefore be able to...
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AI Sweden grows with 19 new partners

2025-01-16
AI Sweden's partner network continues to grow, this time with 19 new organizations from both the private and public sectors.
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Nordic Council of Ministers gives green light to funding for Nordic AI center

2025-01-14
The Nordic Council of Ministers announced today its intention to contribute five million Danish kroner annually between 2025 and 2027 for the establishment of a Nordic AI center. The funding is a...
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AI Sweden receives SEK 47 million to accelerate the use of AI in Swedish companies

2024-12-13
AI Sweden, the Swedish national center for applied artificial intelligence, receives almost SEK 47 million from the Swedish Agency for Economic and Regional Growth to accelerate the use of AI in...
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Nobel prize laureate Geoffrey Hinton took the stage at AI Sweden event

2024-12-12
On December 4th, AI Sweden hosted an exclusive event with Nobel Prize laureate professor Geoffrey Hinton. “I've been amazed by how fast things have happened in the last few years. I thought I wouldn't...
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New whitepaper: Highlighting AI investments and procurement in healthcare

2024-12-03
With Sweden's healthcare system under increasing pressure, a new whitepaper by AI Sweden aims to provide healthcare leaders with practical tools and insights to navigate the challenges and...
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Kommunportalen: A new platform for collaboration and strategic AI development

2024-11-27
AI Sweden, in collaboration with the Swedish Association of Local Authorities and Regions (SKR), has launched Kommunportalen on the My AI platform — a new digital hub designed to provide municipal...
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Collaboration and scaling: The next steps for municipalities and civil society

2024-11-27
Answers to legal questions surrounding AI applications, increased industry collaboration, and methods for scaling culture and leadership - these are the key needs that emerged during the Collaboration...
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The Swedish Government's AI Commission submits its final report

2024-11-26
The Swedish Government's AI Commission, chaired by Carl-Henric Svanberg, submitted its final report today. Martin Svensson, Managing Director of AI Sweden and commission member, comments: "Presenting...
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26 New startups strengthen the Swedish AI startup landscape

2024-11-14
The initiative, led by AI Sweden and Ignite Sweden, has grown to include a total of 209 AI startups in its latest release. The Swedish AI Startup Landscape aims to showcase innovative AI startups...
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Unique overview of AI initiatives in Swedish municipalities

2024-11-13
Nine out of ten Swedish municipalities are actively engaged in AI projects, though most are small, uncoordinated, and unevenly distributed across the country, with considerable differences between...
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First Eye for AI rotation shows promise in bridging AI talent gap

2024-11-13
The latest cohort of AI Sweden's Eye for AI talent program has delivered breakthrough results in their first eight months, with successful projects spanning healthcare innovation, environmental...
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Five Nordic ministers agree: The Nordic region must be Europe's driving force in the AI race

2024-10-31
AI Sweden, together with five Nordic ministers and four organizations, is signing a joint opinion piece on why a Nordic center for AI adoption is needed. The article is published in national media...
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Impact hack 2025: AI experts and civil society join forces for positive change

2024-10-30
AI Sweden is bringing together Swedish civil society organizations for an innovative hackathon. Impact Hack 2025 aims to foster innovation and collaboration, identify concrete applications of AI for...

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