In September 2023, the minister of digitalisation announced that one billion kroner would go to research on artificial intelligence and digital technology. In 2024, a target was set that 80 percent of the public sector should use AI by the end of 2025.
A changed world order, a changed digital strategy?
With promises of efficiency and innovation, the Norwegian and European digital sector has become deeply dependent on international technology platforms, and especially American cloud services.
We’re on our heels, waving our arms, and don’t quite understand what we’re facing.
The question of digital sovereignty is no longer merely theoretical. The Data Protection Authority warns that the rules that today allow the use of American cloud services could quickly be tightened following political changes in the US.
The dependence paradox
The positive investment in AI now challenges our digital sovereignty. In trying to strengthen our own AI competence, we simultaneously deepen our dependence on foreign platforms.
The more the public sector rolls out AI solutions based on proprietary tools from American companies, the higher the barrier to entry for national and European alternatives — such as TellusR’s platform.
