Every year, the Norwegian Board of Technology publishes a trend report highlighting pressing and important issues where technology plays a key role.
You can download this year’s report as a PDF below:
The tech trends for 2025 are:
- Artificial intelligence learns to think before it speaks
The rapid development of artificial intelligence capable of reasoning, planning, and acting suggests that artificial general intelligence (AGI) may be just a few years away. - Digital separation between the US and Europe
While the EU prioritises online safety and secure AI, the US throws regulation overboard to secure global technological dominance. - Quantum technology may finally become useful
Quantum technology could detect hidden threats, identify critical resources, and enable new materials. Other Nordic countries are investing heavily, while Norway lacks a clear strategy. - The tech giants are becoming power giants
The energy demands of artificial intelligence are skyrocketing, and tech companies are stockpiling and expanding power capacity like never before. - The golden age of solar power may eclipse Norway
Solar power is now the world’s cheapest energy source—and soon the biggest. Norway needs to start talking about the sun.
