The Modern is a new kind of newspaper: reporting powered by artificial intelligence, guided by human editorial judgment. We believe the future of news is faster, more personal and more transparent — without ever compromising on accuracy.
Our story
The Modern was founded on a simple observation: the news cycle has outgrown the traditional newsroom. Stories break in seconds, develop across a dozen platforms, and matter differently to every reader. We built The Modern to keep up — an editorial operation where AI does the heavy lifting and people set the direction.
Our systems monitor thousands of sources around the clock, draft and organize coverage in minutes, and personalize your reading experience around the topics and places you care about. Our editors decide what matters, verify what we publish, and put their names behind it.
We publish across politics, business, technology, science, culture, sport and more — from global headlines to the regions we cover. Premium subscribers keep the lights on: we answer to our readers, not to advertisers.
What we stand for
Six principles guide every story we publish.
Accuracy first
Speed never beats truth. Every story is checked against multiple sources before it reaches you, and we correct mistakes quickly and visibly.
Radical transparency
We tell you how our journalism is made — where AI helped, where humans decided, and where our information comes from.
Independence
No advertiser, investor or algorithm decides our coverage. Our subscribers fund our journalism, so our only loyalty is to readers.
Human oversight
AI drafts, humans decide. Editors review our reporting, set our standards and take responsibility for everything we publish.
Built for speed
News that reaches you in minutes, not hours — monitored around the clock, across thousands of sources, in every region we cover.
Reader privacy
Personalization should never mean surveillance. We collect the minimum, sell nothing, and put you in control of your data.
The humans behind The Modern
AI writes fast, but people decide what matters. Meet the editorial team.
Erling Løken Andersen
Founder & Editor-in-ChiefNorwegian entrepreneur, designer and lawyer working at the intersection of media, technology and regulated industries. Sets the editorial direction and takes final responsibility for everything The Modern publishes.
François Savard
Co-founder & Head of DesignDesigner and entrepreneur specialized in fintech, crypto and AI products. Owns The Modern's design and reader experience — from the front page to the For You feed.
Team Member 3
Head of AIBuilds and supervises the newsroom pipeline — and makes sure the AI knows its place.