Daniel Florian 👋
@danielflorian.de
Experienced government affairs leader and EU tech policy analyst. #RemoteWork #TechPolicy. Posts meant to be thought-provoking, not partisan.
Ich kenne drei syrische Geflüchtete: eine Ärztin, die ein Jahr in der Firma meiner Frau gearbeitet hat um Deutsch zu lernen und nun im Krankenhaus arbeitet, einen Kollegen, der nebenbei eine eigene Firma gründete und eine Familie.
November 4, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Ich kenne drei syrische Geflüchtete: eine Ärztin, die ein Jahr in der Firma meiner Frau gearbeitet hat um Deutsch zu lernen und nun im Krankenhaus arbeitet, einen Kollegen, der nebenbei eine eigene Firma gründete und eine Familie.
I could hardly imagine a better guest than Hans Rusinek for this episode of our newsletter Work/Code. As a
"pracademic" who combines academic research and consulting, Hans has a very practical lense on AI and work but never misses the big questions workcode.substack.com/p/hans-rusin...
"pracademic" who combines academic research and consulting, Hans has a very practical lense on AI and work but never misses the big questions workcode.substack.com/p/hans-rusin...
Hans Rusinek: "When all companies use AI, the human factor becomes decisive"
When adopting a "practical optimism", workers and organisations can maintain agency even in the age of AI
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October 13, 2025 at 11:40 AM
I could hardly imagine a better guest than Hans Rusinek for this episode of our newsletter Work/Code. As a
"pracademic" who combines academic research and consulting, Hans has a very practical lense on AI and work but never misses the big questions workcode.substack.com/p/hans-rusin...
"pracademic" who combines academic research and consulting, Hans has a very practical lense on AI and work but never misses the big questions workcode.substack.com/p/hans-rusin...
GitHub has a systematic approach to enhancing AI skills across the whole company. And their bottom-up approach means that teams decide how they want AI to help them. As a result, GitHub found that nearly every team has benefitted from AI. workcode.substack.com/p/matt-nigh-...
October 8, 2025 at 6:58 AM
GitHub has a systematic approach to enhancing AI skills across the whole company. And their bottom-up approach means that teams decide how they want AI to help them. As a result, GitHub found that nearly every team has benefitted from AI. workcode.substack.com/p/matt-nigh-...
In recent weeks, there have been a lot of new model releases that make creative work much easier. That's why it's great that we have Cindy Richter of Lufthansa to speak to us at Work/Code about how AI changes the work of marketing teams workcode.substack.com/p/cindy-rich...
October 6, 2025 at 1:40 PM
In recent weeks, there have been a lot of new model releases that make creative work much easier. That's why it's great that we have Cindy Richter of Lufthansa to speak to us at Work/Code about how AI changes the work of marketing teams workcode.substack.com/p/cindy-rich...
The next few episodes of our Work/Code newsletter focus on how companies can adapt AI. This is crucial to move beyond the prototype and explorative phase so I am really excited about today's interview with Lufthansa's Cindy Richter: workcode.substack.com/p/cindy-rich...
Cindy Richter: "AI creates roles that didn’t even exist before"
Lufthansa’s Head of Marketing on why AI is opening up a whole new field to think bigger – and what it takes to stay creative in the age of automation
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October 5, 2025 at 12:02 PM
The next few episodes of our Work/Code newsletter focus on how companies can adapt AI. This is crucial to move beyond the prototype and explorative phase so I am really excited about today's interview with Lufthansa's Cindy Richter: workcode.substack.com/p/cindy-rich...
Our series on AI and the future of work continues with a conversation with Jonas Andrulis, founder of German AI firm Aleph Alpha. Jonas argues that a chatbot connected to your hard drive does not solve business problems. Context is king.
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Jonas Andrulis: "Digitize the state! That’s the foundation we all stand on"
The co-founder of Aleph Alpha argues the real risk of AI isn’t job loss – it’s speed, concentration of power, and whether Europe chooses to build or just buy
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October 2, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Our series on AI and the future of work continues with a conversation with Jonas Andrulis, founder of German AI firm Aleph Alpha. Jonas argues that a chatbot connected to your hard drive does not solve business problems. Context is king.
workcode.substack.com/p/jonas-andr...
workcode.substack.com/p/jonas-andr...
AI can boost your economy or destroy it. As a trained historian, I believe that looking into the past can help us navigate the present which I why I was grateful to be able to speak to Carl Benedikt Frey for our newsletter: workcode.substack.com/p/carl-bened...
October 1, 2025 at 6:58 AM
AI can boost your economy or destroy it. As a trained historian, I believe that looking into the past can help us navigate the present which I why I was grateful to be able to speak to Carl Benedikt Frey for our newsletter: workcode.substack.com/p/carl-bened...
I am honoured that C. B. Frey opens our first series of our new newsletter Work/Code in which we explore how AI impacts work. We delve deeply into the impact that AI has on labor markets! Please do subscribe to not miss our other conversations! workcode.substack.com/p/carl-bened...
Carl Benedikt Frey: "Professionals are not prepared for the coming changes"
AI will have the same effect on white-collar workers as the 1970s de-industrialisation had on blue-collar workers. But economies can, and must, adapt.
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September 30, 2025 at 10:54 AM
I am honoured that C. B. Frey opens our first series of our new newsletter Work/Code in which we explore how AI impacts work. We delve deeply into the impact that AI has on labor markets! Please do subscribe to not miss our other conversations! workcode.substack.com/p/carl-bened...
This week, Markus Albers and I are starting a new newsletter exploring how AI shapes work. Each series, we are speaking to five great speakers as we aim to look beyond the attention-grabbing headlines and look at the quiet revolutions happening in the workplace. Subscribe here: workcode.substack.com
September 29, 2025 at 6:43 AM
This week, Markus Albers and I are starting a new newsletter exploring how AI shapes work. Each series, we are speaking to five great speakers as we aim to look beyond the attention-grabbing headlines and look at the quiet revolutions happening in the workplace. Subscribe here: workcode.substack.com
Over the past years, I developed my own habit on writing using the Zettelkasten system. It’s tedious, sometimes it’s frustrating and hurts. But Derek Thompson is right: if it hurts, it means you’re probably doing something right! open.substack.com/pub/derektho...
The End of Thinking
The rise of AI's "thinking" machines is not the problem. The decline of thinking people is.
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September 24, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Over the past years, I developed my own habit on writing using the Zettelkasten system. It’s tedious, sometimes it’s frustrating and hurts. But Derek Thompson is right: if it hurts, it means you’re probably doing something right! open.substack.com/pub/derektho...
It can be hard to make sense of what AI means for work. In our upcoming newsletter, Markus Albers and I speak with leading thinkers to look behind the headlines and uncover the quiet revolution of AI .Want to join us for the ride? Subscribe now and don't miss an episode: lnkd.in/em3KNvyP
September 21, 2025 at 8:09 AM
It can be hard to make sense of what AI means for work. In our upcoming newsletter, Markus Albers and I speak with leading thinkers to look behind the headlines and uncover the quiet revolution of AI .Want to join us for the ride? Subscribe now and don't miss an episode: lnkd.in/em3KNvyP
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!
September 15, 2025 at 10:29 AM
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!
AI challenges the world of work as we know it. In our new newsletter Work/Code, Markus Albers and I speak to technologists, academics, creatives, workers, and mangers to look behind the headlines and uncover the quiet revolutions unfolding inside companies, economies, and countries. Subscribe now!
The Future of Work, In Progress
A new newsletter that helps you understand and direct the future of work in an AI economy
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September 14, 2025 at 9:03 AM
AI challenges the world of work as we know it. In our new newsletter Work/Code, Markus Albers and I speak to technologists, academics, creatives, workers, and mangers to look behind the headlines and uncover the quiet revolutions unfolding inside companies, economies, and countries. Subscribe now!
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
September 12, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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-...
We should prepare for "mass intelligence", not just "superintelligence"
Policymakers need to prepare for potentially powerful AI systems without overregulating for a future that may not come
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September 9, 2025 at 6:21 AM
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!
August 1, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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!
July 31, 2025 at 6:22 AM
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...
"I have a plan": Comparing AI action plans in the EU, the UK and the U.S.
Will economic competition overshadow AI safety?
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July 31, 2025 at 5:47 AM
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!
June 24, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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...
Google battling fox incursion on roof of £1bn London office
Foxes have ‘begun to dig burrows’ in soil of rooftop garden at the as yet unopened King’s Cross headquarters
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June 13, 2025 at 7:53 AM
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 ...
a crowd of people with their hands on their heads
ALT: a crowd of people with their hands on their heads
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June 3, 2025 at 7:42 AM
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 ....
May 27, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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...
European Sleeper - Loan
Dear shareholder/bondholder,
First of all, thank you for your trust in European Sleeper and your commitment to our goals thus far. Because you are among our largest shareholders or bondholders, Europ...
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May 23, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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
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May 23, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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?
May 23, 2025 at 7:52 AM
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?