Aurélien Mähl 🇪🇺
@apmaehl.bsky.social
Policy @ DuckDuckGo. Follow for Tintin memes and tech/competition policy (or both). Brussels | Berlin
Research into actual behaviors at the workplace hints to AI not replacing work, but rather intensifying it. Sounds familiar with what other technologies did in the past, like the ability to connect & communicate at any time.
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AI Doesn’t Reduce Work—It Intensifies It
One of the promises of AI is that it can reduce workloads so employees can focus more on higher-value and more engaging tasks. But according to new research, AI tools don’t reduce work, they consisten...
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February 12, 2026 at 10:14 AM
Research into actual behaviors at the workplace hints to AI not replacing work, but rather intensifying it. Sounds familiar with what other technologies did in the past, like the ability to connect & communicate at any time.
hbr.org/2026/02/ai-d...
hbr.org/2026/02/ai-d...
Zuckerberg says glasses that integrate Meta's AI tech are "going to be able to see what you see, hear what you hear, talk to you, and help you as you go about your day".
I don't know for you but it just sent chills through my nerves.
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I don't know for you but it just sent chills through my nerves.
gizmodo.com/ai-that-unde...
'AI That Understands You': Mark Zuckerberg Plans to Deepen AI's Presence in Our Online Lives
"Glasses are the ultimate incarnation of this vision," he added.
gizmodo.com
January 29, 2026 at 8:52 AM
Zuckerberg says glasses that integrate Meta's AI tech are "going to be able to see what you see, hear what you hear, talk to you, and help you as you go about your day".
I don't know for you but it just sent chills through my nerves.
gizmodo.com/ai-that-unde...
I don't know for you but it just sent chills through my nerves.
gizmodo.com/ai-that-unde...
.@arcapde.bsky.social : "The Digital Omnibus proposal is bricolage" - disagreeing with the European Commission's rep insistence that the proposal's goal isn't to reduce privacy rights. #dataprotectionday
January 28, 2026 at 1:56 PM
.@arcapde.bsky.social : "The Digital Omnibus proposal is bricolage" - disagreeing with the European Commission's rep insistence that the proposal's goal isn't to reduce privacy rights. #dataprotectionday
Seen at EDPS Data Protection Day 🍪🔪
January 28, 2026 at 11:09 AM
Seen at EDPS Data Protection Day 🍪🔪
Such an impressive drop in fertility in the world's most populous countries. One of the defining traits of this century.
January 23, 2026 at 2:31 PM
Such an impressive drop in fertility in the world's most populous countries. One of the defining traits of this century.
How could Zelensky not be bitter as he flew in from a freezing Kyiv, 4 years in the war? Sometimes it feels like Europe is accommodating itself with the dreadful "equilibrium" of this war. Sanctions are... www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQdm...
Volodymyr Zelenskyy delivers a special address at the 2026 World Economic Forum – watch live
YouTube video by Guardian News
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January 22, 2026 at 4:44 PM
How could Zelensky not be bitter as he flew in from a freezing Kyiv, 4 years in the war? Sometimes it feels like Europe is accommodating itself with the dreadful "equilibrium" of this war. Sanctions are... www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQdm...
Not sure if Trump got confused or if the problem in fact got bigger, but he just talked about getting "Iceland" right now in Davos
January 21, 2026 at 2:20 PM
Not sure if Trump got confused or if the problem in fact got bigger, but he just talked about getting "Iceland" right now in Davos
Remarkable speech by Mark Carney - worth watching youtu.be/dqtDxkuvUdM
LIVE: Canadian PM Mark Carney Special Address at Davos WEF 2026
YouTube video by DRM News
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January 20, 2026 at 10:20 PM
Remarkable speech by Mark Carney - worth watching youtu.be/dqtDxkuvUdM
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Judge Mehta was wrong wrong wrong. Wrong. WRONG. www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
What Apple and Google’s Gemini deal means for both companies
They’re putting up a united front against AI newcomers.
www.theverge.com
January 13, 2026 at 6:11 PM
Judge Mehta was wrong wrong wrong. Wrong. WRONG. www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
Les entreprises françaises, trop aidées ? Si on soustrait de leurs impôts les aides publiques, la France est toujours sur ce funeste podium :
"La France était à la 3e place de l’UE pour les prélèvements nets des aides en % de leur valeur ajoutée, derrière...
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"La France était à la 3e place de l’UE pour les prélèvements nets des aides en % de leur valeur ajoutée, derrière...
www.lesechos.fr/economie-fra...
www.lesechos.fr
December 18, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Les entreprises françaises, trop aidées ? Si on soustrait de leurs impôts les aides publiques, la France est toujours sur ce funeste podium :
"La France était à la 3e place de l’UE pour les prélèvements nets des aides en % de leur valeur ajoutée, derrière...
www.lesechos.fr/economie-fra...
"La France était à la 3e place de l’UE pour les prélèvements nets des aides en % de leur valeur ajoutée, derrière...
www.lesechos.fr/economie-fra...
Pretty cool year in review by @cloudflare.social radar.cloudflare.com/year-in-revi...
Some interesting facts:
- Snapchat and LinkedIn now outperforming X
- Perplexity saw more traffic than Gemini in 2025
...
Some interesting facts:
- Snapchat and LinkedIn now outperforming X
- Perplexity saw more traffic than Gemini in 2025
...
Cloudflare Radar 2025 Year in Review
The Cloudflare Radar 2025 Year In Review features interactive charts, graphs, and maps you can use to explore what changed on the Internet Worldwide throughout 2025.
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December 18, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Pretty cool year in review by @cloudflare.social radar.cloudflare.com/year-in-revi...
Some interesting facts:
- Snapchat and LinkedIn now outperforming X
- Perplexity saw more traffic than Gemini in 2025
...
Some interesting facts:
- Snapchat and LinkedIn now outperforming X
- Perplexity saw more traffic than Gemini in 2025
...
"celebrating" the 10y anniversary soon
Absolutely amazing chart from @peterkellner.bsky.social's piece in @thenewworldmag.bsky.social today:
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December 13, 2025 at 10:33 AM
"celebrating" the 10y anniversary soon
La AI-assisted search de DuckDuckGo est maintenant disponible en Français (+ Espagnol, Allemand, Néerlandais) !
Et comme toutes nos fonctionalités d'IA, cela reste optionel, privé et utile.
Et comme toutes nos fonctionalités d'IA, cela reste optionel, privé et utile.
December 9, 2025 at 1:36 PM
La AI-assisted search de DuckDuckGo est maintenant disponible en Français (+ Espagnol, Allemand, Néerlandais) !
Et comme toutes nos fonctionalités d'IA, cela reste optionel, privé et utile.
Et comme toutes nos fonctionalités d'IA, cela reste optionel, privé et utile.
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Brexit should have been a lesson. It's a misunderstanding of sovereignty. Individual countries that are not China or the US have to follow the rules set by major powers as they have no bargaining power.
Only together European countries are strong.
Only together European countries are strong.
Wehrhafte Demokratie kann auch bedeuten: Twitter zerschlagen.
December 7, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Brexit should have been a lesson. It's a misunderstanding of sovereignty. Individual countries that are not China or the US have to follow the rules set by major powers as they have no bargaining power.
Only together European countries are strong.
Only together European countries are strong.
Welcomed explainer from @signal.org's president about last week's serious AWS-related incident. The concentration of infrastructure / resources among "hyperscalers" she points to is reminiscent to what exists with web search infrastructure.
📣THREAD: It’s surprising to me that so many people were surprised to learn that Signal runs partly on AWS (something we can do because we use encryption to make sure no one but you–not AWS, not Signal, not anyone–can access your comms).
It’s also concerning. 1/
It’s also concerning. 1/
PSA: we're aware that Signal is down for some people. This appears to be related to a major AWS outage. Stand by.
October 27, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Welcomed explainer from @signal.org's president about last week's serious AWS-related incident. The concentration of infrastructure / resources among "hyperscalers" she points to is reminiscent to what exists with web search infrastructure.
When it comes to web search, #GenAI looks more like a format shift within search than an external disruptive entrant; incumbents, especially Google, are positioned to absorb and dominate it.
Without stronger interventions beyond...
www.promarket.org/2025/10/20/w...
Without stronger interventions beyond...
www.promarket.org/2025/10/20/w...
Will GenAI Break Google’s Dominance in Search? - ProMarket
Judge Amit Mehta shaped his remedies in the Google Search case on the assumption that startups developing generative artificial intelligence models can restore competition in internet search. Mihir Ks...
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October 22, 2025 at 2:16 PM
When it comes to web search, #GenAI looks more like a format shift within search than an external disruptive entrant; incumbents, especially Google, are positioned to absorb and dominate it.
Without stronger interventions beyond...
www.promarket.org/2025/10/20/w...
Without stronger interventions beyond...
www.promarket.org/2025/10/20/w...
Just like Google managed to cement dominance on browser and then mobile, its control over distribution points & data advantage is set to reproduce the same w/ AI.
It's a call for meaningful policy interventions, but also a call for the plurality of competitors to expand & deepen their partnerships
It's a call for meaningful policy interventions, but also a call for the plurality of competitors to expand & deepen their partnerships
🆕✍️ Is consumer AI heading for a duopoly? gabrielweinberg.com/p/consumer-a...
October 20, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Just like Google managed to cement dominance on browser and then mobile, its control over distribution points & data advantage is set to reproduce the same w/ AI.
It's a call for meaningful policy interventions, but also a call for the plurality of competitors to expand & deepen their partnerships
It's a call for meaningful policy interventions, but also a call for the plurality of competitors to expand & deepen their partnerships
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my latest for @techpolicypress.bsky.social on the US v. Google search antitrust case and just how badly the court missed the opportunity to contend with Google’s power in the genAI market. genAI won’t magically unseat Google’s market dominance, as the court suggests, it will only deepen it
The Google search antitrust remedies trial decision fails to seriously contend with the tremendous advantages the company holds in the generative AI market due to its search monopoly says Kate Brennan, associate director at the AI Now Institute.
Decision in US vs. Google Gets it Wrong on Generative AI | TechPolicy.Press
Google will continue to enjoy the fruits of its search monopoly to secure its success in the generative AI market, writes Kate Brennan.
www.techpolicy.press
September 11, 2025 at 3:43 PM
my latest for @techpolicypress.bsky.social on the US v. Google search antitrust case and just how badly the court missed the opportunity to contend with Google’s power in the genAI market. genAI won’t magically unseat Google’s market dominance, as the court suggests, it will only deepen it
How the DuckDuckGo browser bridges search, web browsing and AI ⬇️
gabrielweinberg.com/p/the-overlo...
gabrielweinberg.com/p/the-overlo...
The overlooked front in the browser wars
Seamless workflows bridging search, browsing, and AI
gabrielweinberg.com
October 6, 2025 at 8:50 AM
How the DuckDuckGo browser bridges search, web browsing and AI ⬇️
gabrielweinberg.com/p/the-overlo...
gabrielweinberg.com/p/the-overlo...
Recommended read by @alissacooper.bsky.social: www.techpolicy.press/without-a-pa...
"If concerns raised about the inadequacy of the [data sharing] remedy are demonstrated through the failure of competition to take hold, the manner and timeliness for...
"If concerns raised about the inadequacy of the [data sharing] remedy are demonstrated through the failure of competition to take hold, the manner and timeliness for...
www.techpolicy.press
September 26, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Recommended read by @alissacooper.bsky.social: www.techpolicy.press/without-a-pa...
"If concerns raised about the inadequacy of the [data sharing] remedy are demonstrated through the failure of competition to take hold, the manner and timeliness for...
"If concerns raised about the inadequacy of the [data sharing] remedy are demonstrated through the failure of competition to take hold, the manner and timeliness for...
I posted a couple times about how DuckDuckGo uniquely integrates AI answers to the search experience. But you better actually hear directly from Tim, one of those making the magic internally.
"Search Assist is "unique in that way across the AI answers industry, in that it...
"Search Assist is "unique in that way across the AI answers industry, in that it...
September 18, 2025 at 1:07 PM
I posted a couple times about how DuckDuckGo uniquely integrates AI answers to the search experience. But you better actually hear directly from Tim, one of those making the magic internally.
"Search Assist is "unique in that way across the AI answers industry, in that it...
"Search Assist is "unique in that way across the AI answers industry, in that it...
"National champions are too often national chokepoints" - speech by AAG Gail Slater at the Georgetown antitrust enforcement symposium www.justice.gov/opa/speech/a...
Assistant Attorney General Gail Slater Delivers Keynote Address at the 2025 Georgetown Law Global Antitrust Enforcement Symposium
Thank you for having me. It’s such a pleasure to be here at this incredibly important moment in antitrust and technology policy. We are at an inflection point in both. In antitrust enforcement, for
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September 17, 2025 at 8:59 AM
"National champions are too often national chokepoints" - speech by AAG Gail Slater at the Georgetown antitrust enforcement symposium www.justice.gov/opa/speech/a...
"All the privacy debates surrounding Google search results from the past two decades apply one-for-one to AI chats, but to an even greater degree. That’s why we started offering Duck.ai for protected chatbot conversations and optional, anonymous AI-assisted answers in our private search engine."
September 8, 2025 at 12:09 PM
"All the privacy debates surrounding Google search results from the past two decades apply one-for-one to AI chats, but to an even greater degree. That’s why we started offering Duck.ai for protected chatbot conversations and optional, anonymous AI-assisted answers in our private search engine."
"la vérité est que, sans produire davantage de richesses, la dette ne permettra plus de soutenir notre niveau de vie et de maintenir à flot notre système de protection sociale." @stephanelauer.bsky.social www.lemonde.fr/idees/articl...
« Le sujet n’est pas tant de stabiliser la dette pour faire plaisir à nos créanciers, mais de stopper le déclin »
CHRONIQUE. La hausse des dépenses publiques et des taux de prélèvement n’a fait qu’entretenir les illusions sur un système productif poussif et des services publics de moins en moins efficaces, sans n...
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September 8, 2025 at 11:18 AM
"la vérité est que, sans produire davantage de richesses, la dette ne permettra plus de soutenir notre niveau de vie et de maintenir à flot notre système de protection sociale." @stephanelauer.bsky.social www.lemonde.fr/idees/articl...
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"Google's abusive behaviour...had a negative impact on all European citizens in their day-to-day use of the web"
4/ With this decision, we contribute to ensuring that competition on the merits, based on fair terms and conditions, prevails on digital markets.
See my statement here: ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
See my statement here: ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
Statement by Executive Vice-President Ribera on the adoption of the Google Adtech decision
Today the Commission has adopted a decision finding that Google breached EU competition rules by abusing its dominant position in the display advertising technology industry (‘Adtech\') and imposed a ...
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September 5, 2025 at 4:07 PM
"Google's abusive behaviour...had a negative impact on all European citizens in their day-to-day use of the web"