KI Norge director finds the pace of AI development dizzying

Hans Christian Holte, the first director of KI Norge, says the pace of AI development is dizzying. He told the Norwegian tech outlet Digi that his start in the job has been more intense than he expected.

KI Norge is the Norwegian government's initiative for innovative and responsible use and development of artificial intelligence. Holte is the first person to lead it.

Holte describes the position as both dizzying and very meaningful, because it puts him at the center of a field where a great deal is happening at once. In his view, AI is not only a question of technology. He says it also touches working life, security policy, energy policy and much more.

The piece is a short introduction to the interview. It is tagged with AI safety, among other topics, but the excerpt contains no details on KI Norge's specific plans, priorities, budget or results so far. It gives only Holte's framing of how broad the issues are and how quickly they are moving.

The article is from Digi, published on 16 October 2026, and was written by Andrine Resvoll with photos by Arash A. Nejad.