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Ethan Mollick makes an interesting observation here: As new LLMs are more powerful and more opaque at the same time, how does that change how we work with them? This is what we explore in our newsletter workcode.substack.com. Subscribe now!

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Carl B. Frey’s new book “How Progress Ends” gets a glowing review in the FT today. I am proud that Markus Albers and I were able to interview him for our upcoming newsletter series about AI and the future of work which starts in October. Subscribe here to read our interview workcode.substack.com

Today, the EU will publish its "strategic foresight report" which will discuss artificial general intelligence (AGI). But the Commission should not just focus on "superintelligence", but also "mass intelligence". danielflorian.substack.com/p/we-should-...

Looking forward to the reading, especially because of what’s to come this fall - stay tuned!

This is really getting out of hands ... It's like raiding Fiat because they put a Fiat motor into their car!

The AI plans of the UK, the EU and the U.S. signal a shift in the AI debate. But who will get an edge in AI-induced growth and what does this mean for AI safety? danielflorian.substack.com/p/i-have-a-p...

Smart move by Uber drivers!

I knew about the partnership between Google and _Firefox_ but didn't know it apparently expands to real 🦊: A couple of foxes find Google's rooftop garden in London so comfortable that they decided to live there (I guess there's also great food): www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Dobrindt. Macht schon am ersten Arbeitstag als Minister wieder Probleme ...

One and a half hours of sparring with my new consultant ChatGPT on the potential delay of the entry into force of the EU AI Act. The question itself does not even matter that much but it's interesting to see the chatbot learning about politics with me. If they recall our conversation ....

You want to go from Prague to Brussels by train? Or Brussels to Madrid? @europeansleeper.eu has issued a bond loan offer to support their expansion. Starts with loans of 1,000 EUR and includes a 20% discount because who does not like a discount? docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Yes, European scale-ups need more money. But I doubt that an EU startup fund is going to do the trick. What would help is a harmonisation of EU financial markets and tapping into the savings of European citizens pro.politico.eu/news/199173

Quick question: Everybody seems to say that the OpenAI / Jony Ive collab is an attack to Apple. Why? Apple is not relevant in the AI space. I’d say it’s an attack on Google who run both an OS and corresponding hardware and amazing software. What’s your take?

LinkedIn promise:

We should really stop calling the EU a "colony" of US tech firms. Under the umbrella of colonialism, European powers have committed genocide and exploited whole continents and out of this historical responsibility, we should not self-victimize ourselves just because it "catchy". #POLITICOAITech

Wunderbarer Jahresempfang von @d-64.org mit @lenastork.bsky.social, Yasmin Fahimi, Prof. Judith Simon und @sveawindwehr.bsky.social 👉 Mitglied werden!

What a graph!

Good piece by @constelz.bsky.social on the state of the Conservatives in Germany; but I'd argue there's three camps: the populist Conservatives (driven by AfD), the Merkel Conservatives (did really well in elections) and Merz's traditionalists (underperformed in elections): on.ft.com/452n6hv

Very interesting @semafor.com post on the increasing influence of group chats - required reading for everyone interested in public opinion and public life: www.semafor.com/article/04/2...

Last week, an essay from @randomwalker.bsky.social and @sayash.bsky.social made the rounds called "AI as a normal technology". Read the whole essay if you can, but policy makers have little time, so I pulled out the main takeaways for legislators. Full text: knightcolumbia.org/content/ai-a...

Ein lesenswertes Gespräch mit Kevin Kühnert über Spitzenpolitik, Macht und das Gefühl von Machtlosigkeit. www.zeit.de/2025/17/kevi...

@johnthornhill.bsky.social Do you think there is a case to be made that insurance increase might accelerate uptake of AI agents (think of Klarna, the Shopify memo) because agents don‘t pay insurance? That would probably be unintended by the government but still a possible outcome?

"You do not rise to the level of your goals. You fall to the level of your systems." That's why I tried to incorporate an easy to update stakeholder management database to my personal productivity system in Notion. Here's how I do it: danielflorian.substack.com/p/a-better-w...

This was predictable: If you look at the Conservative's election results state by state, it's clear that there will be pressure to lean towards the right from East German PMs and to the left from West German PMs where the party did better than national average: www.politico.eu/article/frie...

Was? Merkel hat immer noch kein Porträt im Kanzleramt? Ich hab' da mal was vorbereitet:

What do Trump tariffs mean for the global economy and the balance of power? Excellent analysis by Alastair Campbell and Rory Stewart: open.spotify.com/episode/4mBH...

Figure of the day:

Angesichts der geopolitischen Situation werden die Forderungen nach einem #EuroStack von digitalrelevanten Technologien lauter. Aber was hat es damit auf sich? Diese Woche im Newsletter. internetobservatorium.substack.com/p/aus-dem-in... #Digitalisierung #GlobalStack #DPI #DigitaleInfrastruktur

Cheat sheet for German coalition negotiations, chapter on digital transformation of the state:

Asked Grok about the likelihood of a "grand coalition" in Germany before Easter. This is just a part, but overall quite impressive. I think the 60-65% ratio primarily comes from the tight timeline and the AI did a pretty good job in weighing pros and cons for the case:

Imagine a company that is "too small to fail" because they can adapt more quickly and therefore fail less often? That is exactly the type of company Paul Jarvis has in mind in his book "Company of One":

Hello Bluesky Flashes!

We need to adjust policy to reality: When our Constitution is in danger, we cannot allow constitutional constraints to prevent us from raising the money that supports Europe's transformation into a self-sustaining power. Let's not reform the debt-brake, let's get rid of it: on.ft.com/4kmPGiX

Wo war denn die Antifa, als Lübcke ermordet wurde? Auf der Straße.

Niemand muss glauben, nur der Osten habe ein #Rechtsextremismus -Problem. Via @zeit.de

My quick take on the German elections: Friedrich Merz is the winner, but his party's results also show how he is vulnerable: danielflorian.substack.com/p/is-friedri...

Ha, nice trolling by @azeem.bsky.social (see caption) 😂

Ich bin mir ziemlich sicher, dass Roman Herzog mit seinem „Ruck“ nicht die Abschaffung der Gewaltenteilung oder das Ignorieren von Völkerrecht meint. Ich schätze Koeppen, aber was geht in solchen Köppen (pun intended) vor?

From Paul Krugman. But guess what: the government also says you need to attend school. So is compulsory schooling the next target of the anti-science movement?

Europe has lots of challenges. I appreciate that Merz wants a more active role for Germany and I still have my doubts whether he is the right man for these times. But not because someone thinks he looks like Mr Burns … you can do better!

Wieso steht Scholz plötzlich fast in der Mitte der Runde?!?

Emmanuel Macron is one of the most strategic thinkers among Europe's states(wo)men today. It is just a shame that despite his charisma, he does not seem to be able to gather enough supporters behind him ... on.ft.com/40YETTe

@ldfreedman.bsky.social with an - as always - very thoughtful analysis of the announced Ukraine peace negotiations and what Trump, Putin and Zelensky have to win (or loose): on.ft.com/41fgY3h

EP encourages staff to use encrypted messaging service. That's great. But just make sure you don't weaken encryption in your next legislative proposal ...

This is the FT article on Germany's strong economic foundations that Chancellor Scholz mentioned in the tv debate yesterday. An interesting read as Germans head to the polls in two weeks: on.ft.com/4aVITZu

Hm, als Parteivorsitzender der CDU wollte Merz die AfD halbieren, als Kanzlerkandidat ist für den Zulauf der AfD alleine Scholz verantwortlich?!?

Scholz: "Ich bin dafür, dass Menschen, die wenig Geld verdienen, mehr Geld bekommen." Merz: Guckt beleidigt. (Warum hat er hier diese alberne Nachfrage an Scholz gestellt?)

German authorities revealed that hundreds of cars in German were sabotaged by a group of three men who operated for the Russian state. After damaging the cars they left messages pointing at the Green Party.