The group that founded the project in 2023. From left: Marina Fridman who no longer works at OsloMet, Anders Graver Knudsen, Fabrizio Palumbo, Roy Krøvel and Gustavo Borges Moreno e Mello.
Fritt Ord funds for OsloMet
The AI lab at OsloMet has received 400,000 NOK for research into artificial intelligence in investigative journalism.
The research group The AI Journalism Resource Center (oslomet.no) at OsloMet's AI-lab has received 400,000 NOK from Fritt Ord (frittord.no) for the project "AI in investigative journalism 2025 - Democratizing artificial intelligence for Norwegian media".
The participants in the project are:
- Gustavo Borges Moreno e Mello at the Department of Computer Science, head of the AI lab
- Roy Krøvel at the Department of Journalism and Media Studies
- Fabrizio Palumbo at the Department of Journalism and Media Studies
- Anders Graver Knudsen at the Department of Journalism and Media Studies
Important for democracy
Project manager and head of the AI-lab at OsloMet, Gustavo Borges Moreno e Mello, is pleased with the award, which in turn will help give journalists access to reliable artificial intelligence.
“We’ll use the funding to build open, newsroom-ready tools, run practical trainings, and partner with reporters on cases where AI can unlock public-interest findings—always with transparency, ethics, and verifiability at the core” he says.
“Ultimately it help with our overarching mission to put technology to serve the population of Norway by facilitating transparency and information flow necessary to help upholding our democratic state.”
A central research field
Prorector for Research and Development at OsloMet, Tanja Storsul, congratulates.
– Congratulations to the academic community on the award from Fritt Ord.
– This project addresses a field that is central to the development of journalism today. With artificial intelligence, we get new effective tools, which we must also ensure that we use in a responsible manner, says Tanja Storsul.
