Karianne Tung | |
|---|---|
Tung in 2024 | |
| Minister of Digitalisation and Public Governance | |
| Assumed office 16 October 2023 | |
| Prime Minister | Jonas Gahr Støre |
| Preceded by | Linda Hofstad Helleland(2021) |
| Member of the Storting | |
| In office1 October 2013 – 30 September 2017 | |
| Constituency | Sør-Trøndelag |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1984-01-21) 21 January 1984 |
| Party | Labour |
| Children | 1 |
Karianne Oldernes Tung (born 21 January 1984) is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. She is currently serving as Minister of Digitalisation and Public Governance since 2023. Previously she was a member of the Storting for Sør-Trøndelag from 2013 to 2017.[1]
She was a member of the Rissamunicipal council between 2003 and 2011 and later the Sør-Trøndalag county council for six years. She has worked particularly with educational issues.[2]
Between 2017 and 2018, she was the leader of the unified Trøndelag county chapter of the Labour Party.[3]
She was elected to the Storting for Sør-Trøndelag in 2013.
In Parliament, she was a member of the Standing Committee on Health and Care Services from 2013 to 2015 and the Standing Committee on Transport and Communications from 2015 to 2017.[4]
In 2016, she announced that she wouldn't seek re-election at the 2017 election, citing that she wanted to focus on her family.[5]
Tung was appointed minister of digitalisation in a cabinet reshuffle on 16 October 2023.[6] At the same time it was announced that she would head a new ministry, the Ministry of Digitalisation and Public Governance starting 1 January 2024, with 130 staff transferring from the Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development.[7]
After Sparebank 1 Østlandet had used an AI generated image in an advertisement online, Tung commented that the use of AI imagery has to be within the bounds of the law, particularly in regards to equality, discrimination and marketing. According to her, the government would be working on a digitalisation strategy about how AI should be regulated, developed and utilised.[8]
In late October, a fake X account in her name was utilised to announce the death of former prime minister Gro Harlem Brundtland, which in itself was also fake.[9]
11月、彼女は、職場におけるデジタル化が進むにつれて、人々の労働力が損なわれることはないと述べた。さらに、職場における人間の参加がなければ、このダイナミクスはうまく機能しないだろうとも述べた。[ 10 ]
1月、彼女は欧州連合(EU)の人工知能に関する新法案がノルウェーでできるだけ早く可決されることを希望すると述べた。特に自由党はこの動きへの支持を表明した。[ 11 ]
トゥング首相は2月下旬、複数の県が合併により再編されるにもかかわらず、県知事制度は現行のまま維持すると発表した。具体的には、一部の県庁舎を移転し、ヴィケン県知事の名称をエストフォル県、ブスケルー県、オスロ県、アーケシュフース県知事の名称に変更する。[ 12 ]
4月、彼女は政府が2025年までに公共部門の80%に人工知能(AI)を活用することを目指すと発表した。彼女は人工知能が公共部門の改善と刷新を促進するツールであると称賛し、雇用機会の拡大が重要であることを強調した。しかし、この目標には普遍的な戦略は存在しないと認めた。彼女の提案は専門家から懐疑的な見方を招き、彼らは目標を「非現実的」と呼び、より多くの資金、能力、そしてより明確な政治的目標が必要だと指摘した。[ 13 ]
董氏は6月初旬、 Meta社との会談を要請し、 FacebookとInstagramの投稿を人工知能の訓練に活用する計画について詳細な説明を求めると発表した。また、Meta社は全てのプラットフォームにおいてユーザーのプライバシーをより配慮すべきだと付け加えた。[ 14 ]董氏はその後、同月後半にこれらのプラットフォームへのAI実装を中止するという同社の決定を称賛した。董氏は、Meta社が「ユーザーにとって現実的でシンプルなソリューション」と「企業が過大な権力を持つ場合の規制」を提供することを期待していると強調した。[ 15 ]
9月、ノルウェーがゲストメンバーとしてブラジルのマセイオで開催されたG20デジタル経済担当大臣会合に出席した。彼女は、ノルウェーの目標は「より包摂的で責任あるデジタルの未来」への貢献であり、会合の宣言は「G20諸国との協力におけるノルウェーの利益確保に役立つ」と述べた。[ 16 ]
She and education minister Kari Nessa Nordtun met representatives of technology companies Google, Meta, Snapchat and TikTok in December to discuss how to best protect children on social media and age restrictions on their platforms. Norwegian media reported that there were tensions between the ministers and the representatives at times during the meeting. Tung emphasised that the government would seek to increase the age restriction on the platforms from 13 to 15 and that they were preliminarily looking at getting the change in place by 2025 or 2026.[17]
In March, she expressed that the government would be aiming to implement the EU's AI Act and also introduce a Norwegian law specialising in AI to go alongside it. Tung stated that they were hoping to implement the Norwegian law by the summer of 2026. She also emphasised the importance of keeping up in the AI sector in order to uphold competition with the rest of Europe and that Norwegian businesses should utilise AI more.[18]
In early June, Tung emphasised the importance of producers labelling products that might contain or include AI generated imagery to make customers aware of this. Her comments came in the wake of several reports being made of products in stores being sold with displayed imagery that were suspected of being AI generated.[19]
In the wake of revelations that First Waps' surveillance equipment had been used to track people across the Norwegian telecom system, Tung emphasised in October, the importance of having secure telecom systems and conceded that the case "serves as a reminder that we live in a dangerous world". She also condemned the actions of First Waps.[20]
Tung was a senior advisor at NTNU between 2018 and 2020.[4]
In 2020, Tung became the manager of Trondheim Tech Port.[21] Following her ministerial appointment, May Britt Hansen was appointed as her successor in March 2024.[22]
Tung is married and has one daughter. The family resided in Lerkendal before moving to Nardo.[5]