Articles and blog posts on artificial intelligence

Something is happening with AI—and it’s not what we discussed a year ago. The focus has shifted from what AI can do to what it actually does, where it’s used, and what it demands in practice. It’s a more mature, more important conversation. This year, three shifts define a new chapter for AI.

This Futureframing is written from a forward-looking perspective, set in 2035. I was invited to contribute to this issue of the State of AI newsletter by RISE, sharing my reflections on how AI may reshape cybersecurity over the coming decade — exploring both emerging threats and new forms of resilience.

When AI Is Reshaping Society, Talking About It Is No Longer Enough. A blog post on AI, gender equality, and why an escape room–inspired approach can transform how we learn and engage.

AI development is moving quickly. This is clear through rising investments, more patent applications, and the rapid spread of generative tools in the workplace. At the same time, statistics show that many small and medium-sized enterprises hesitate to take the step. Why are you waiting with AI?

OOAKI (one-of-a-kind-living) is a Swedish sofa refurbishment startup that worked with RISE to develop its circular business model. In a conversation with RISE, OOAKI’s Chief Digital Officer, Lennart Svanberg, discusses how this shift was inspired by a closer relationship with customers.

How a needs-based investigation contributed to a lightweight approach to defining digital infrastructure – Lessons learned from an AI-enabled quality inspection use case

Mälarenergi's district heating system is at the centre of attention, with data analysis and collaboration being used to develop an AI-powered production control method. The aim is to reduce energy consumption while ensuring the correct temperature is delivered to customers.

The AI Act covers anyone who develops AI solutions, uses them in their business or puts AI systems on the Swedish or European market. In this article, researcher and legal expert Susanne Stenberg explains everything you need to know about the AI Regulation.

Although AI agents can create efficiencies and cost savings, autonomous technology also presents challenges relating to security and transparency. "The opportunities and risks are essentially the same as those for AI models in general, but amplified," says expert Stella Riad.

In 2035, I sit at home in Göteborg looking for travel ideas with an AI tool built on internationally developed foundation models, delivered by European and Swedish providers. The AI works for me and protects my data. At work, similar systems handle routines and simulations. We work six-hour days, and I volunteer weekly at an elderly care home

The year is 2035. As I sip my morning coffee, a neighborhood robot passes by and pauses in the park to sync its local model with the city’s digital twin: soil moisture, energy flows, upcoming repairs. Life looks normal, yet beneath it runs a quiet network of robots, sensors, and AI agents keeping the city alive.

By 2035, AI will form the backbone of — and be fully integrated across — public digital services and physical infrastructure. Open Source AI will be critical for nation states, industries, and citizens to ensure transparency, control, and sovereignty over models and data inputs, and to avoid ending up under the dominance of any third-party actor.

Multimodal large language models can draft reports, analyze images, and aid decisions, yet they remain surprisingly vulnerable. Tiny, imperceptible adversarial perturbations can trigger drastic errors, yielding nonsensical or harmful outputs and undermining reliable, safe AI deployment.

The Gävleborg region and its ten municipalities have entered the AI era together. By working together and sharing knowledge, they have developed the expertise and confidence to explore how technology can deliver tangible benefits to the welfare sector.

At a recent meeting of AI ambassadors from across RISE, it became clear that we are in the midst of a system-wide shift. Fifty presentations, fifty voices, one shared insight: AI is becoming a foundational layer in everything we do.

We all depend on digital services to work and be secure, from the smartwatch on our wrist to advanced control systems in industry. Today, cybersecurity is a basic prerequisite for everyday life, as essential as electricity or running water.