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Partner network expands with six new members

2026-02-25
Mälarenergi, the Swedish Radiation Safety Authority (SSM), Piteå Municipality, Östersund Municipality, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), and the National Board of Forensic Medicine (RMV) are joining AI...
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AI trends seminar 2026: From vision to reality – shaping the next wave of AI

2026-02-23
The AI landscape is moving beyond the experimental stage. During this year’s AI Trend Seminar 2026, experts from organizations including Google Cloud, Recorded Future, RISE, and Zenseact gathered to...
Mitra Hajigholi Bjurström

AI Sweden launches educational series for data-driven leadership

2026-02-23
Start Your Strategic Data Journey is a new resource from AI Sweden. It shifts the focus away from the technology itself and toward a crucial enabler: an organization's data. – As AI technologies...
Mikael Ljungblom, Rosenbad i Stockholm med svenska flaggan

AI Sweden on the Government’s National AI Strategy: "High ambitions demand bold leadership and substantial investment"

2026-02-20
The Swedish government today presented a national AI strategy featuring ambitious goals for the country. Mikael Ljungblom, Director of Public Policy and International Relations at AI Sweden, welcomes...
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New report on AI's impact on the labor market: skills development more vital than urgent transition

2026-02-17
Artificial intelligence’s structural impact on the Swedish labor market is primarily characterized by evolving job tasks and new skills requirements—rather than the disappearance of jobs. This is...
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Two years of AI for Impact: Equipping civil society for the future

2026-02-11
After two years, hundreds of meetings, and a series of tangible prototypes, AI Sweden’s AI for Impact project has come to a close. Funded by Google.org, the initiative aimed to bridge the gap between...
Josephine Darlington och Svensk Handel

New training program to strengthen retail sector’s capabilities

2026-02-10
AI is reshaping retail business models and competitiveness, impacting everything from warehousing and distribution to customer relationships. Now, Svensk handel (Swedish Commerce) and AI Sweden are...
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First batch of international scale-up program successfully concludes as next application phase begins

2026-02-06
The first cohort of the Growth and Scaling through AI (GSAI) program has officially concluded, marking a successful start to this cross-border initiative for scaling startups across European markets...
Anders Krifors and Lorna Bartram

Large language models to analyze healthcare incidents

2026-02-05
Can large language models be used to strengthen patient safety? Results from Region Västmanland suggest that the answer is yes. "Healthcare has collected a goldmine of information that we now see an...
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Column: Insights from the world’s premier AI conference

2026-01-23
In early December 2025, top researchers in artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) gathered for the Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS). The conference is one...
Annika Elfström and Martin Svensson

Annika Elfström appointed Acting Managing Director for AI Sweden

2026-01-21
AI Sweden is now going into its eighth year of operation. With strong and successful growth, Sweden's national AI center today gathers 170+ partners from the private and public sector as well as...
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OpenEuroLLM secures strategic access to multiple supercomputers: A milestone for European language models

2025-12-18
OpenEuroLLM is set to develop high-performance language models for Europe. The major European collaborative project has now been granted 10 million GPU hours on Europe’s most powerful supercomputers....
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How to strengthen Swedish innovation - leading companies and parliamentarians in dialogue on AI

2025-12-17
How can we boost AI-driven innovation in Swedish business? This question was discussed when AI Sweden gathered leading companies and Social Democratic Members of Parliament (MPs) for an exclusive...
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Afa Försäkring and the Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management join the partner network

2025-12-17
AI Sweden welcomes Afa Försäkring and the Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management as new partners. This means the network now brings together over 170 organizations from the business sector...
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The Labor Market AI Council visits the Riksdag to strengthen Sweden’s skills supply and competitiveness

2025-12-12
During a meeting with members of the Committee on the Labor Market, the Labor Market AI Council presented its newly published report on how AI is transforming the Swedish labor market. The discussion...
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The role of talent programs as AI reshapes the job market

2025-12-11
As the pace of AI development accelerates, the focus in the job market is shifting from volume recruitment to strategic, specialized expertise. In an AI Sweden Podcast episode, the discussion centered...
Carl Norling Markai

From strategy to scale: The AI Accelerator elevates civil society’s AI maturity

2025-12-10
After seven weeks of strategic training and practical workshops, AI Sweden's AI Accelerator for civil society concludes. The program has equipped participants with the tools and knowledge to drive AI...
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Clear and ambitious leadership is crucial in realizing the value of AI

2025-12-09
AI Sweden continues to boost AI expertise among business leaders. By supporting a new training program developed by Boards Impact Forum, AI Sweden will provide board members with the tools to become...
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AI Sweden strengthens Canadian ties during high-level business visit

2025-11-28
AI Sweden participated in Business Sweden’s High-Level Business Delegation to Canada, held in connection with the State Visit by H.M. King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia. "The fact that AI...
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AI Sweden honored for leadership – Named "Societal Actor of the Year"

2025-11-24
Martin Svensson, Managing Director of AI Sweden, has been awarded the "Societal Actor of the Year" (Årets Samhällsaktör) award in the Leadership category for his inclusive and visionary work in...
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"A Labor Market in Motion": The Labor Market AI Council presents its first joint status report on how AI is transforming the Swedish labor market

2025-11-24
The Labor Market AI Council is today publishing its first insights report—A Labor Market in Motion—which provides a comprehensive current status of how Artificial Intelligence (AI) is transforming the...
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Four new partners for AI Sweden

2025-11-19
AI Sweden continues to grow and welcomes four new organizations to its partner network: IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute, Recohere, Tandem Health, and Visit Sweden.
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New material supports AI Sweden's partners in the procurement process

2025-11-17
In collaboration with our partners, AI Sweden has compiled material to support procurement processes, Kunskapslyft för upphandling av AI-system. “This is a document that reflects the opportunities and...
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Large interview study on municipal AI usage

2025-11-12
Swedish municipalities see great opportunities with AI but struggle with how to achieve value creation in practice. A new interview study conducted by AI Sweden in collaboration with the University of...

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