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Stephan Geering
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Deputy General Counsel & Compliance, Trustworthy AI and Global Privacy Officer at Anthology. Posts are my personal views. Dad, immigrant, tech geek. He/him/his. Substack: https://incbetter.substack.com/
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Stephan Geering @stephangeering.bsky.social · 11d
1/3 My ten predictions for 2026: incbetter.substack.com/p/prediction...

1) AI progress will not slow down
2) Better and more complex AI agents - but in confined deployments
3) AI companion bots increasingly in focus
4) AI consciousness becomes a legitimate concern
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gzf.bsky.social
“AI models” as the new “data”? Maybe 👀 Here’s an overview of why I think Data Protection is at an inflection point.
Bonus: everything in the text comes from a complicated human mind, from iteration to writing. 🫣 Very rare thing these days.

#Privacy #GlobalPrivacy #AIModels

fpf.org/blog/2026-a-...
2026: A Year at the Crossroads for Global Data Protection and Privacy
Three forces are reshaping global data protection in 2026: GDPR’s reopening, rapid AI development, and expanding digital regulation amid geopolitics.
fpf.org
January 30, 2026 at 8:53 PM
stephangeering.bsky.social
Ahem, what, Microsoft? The workaround for this annoying warning message is to just turn location services on?

support.microsoft.com/en-gb/office...
Screenshot of warning pop-up: "Location is turned off in system settings" Screenshot of MSFT guidance: " STATUS: INVESTIGATING The Word team is investigating the issue. WORKAROUND Enable Windows location services: Right-click Start and select Settings. Select Privacy & security, then select Location. Turn the Location services toggle On."
January 30, 2026 at 10:04 AM
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caseynewton.bsky.social
Elon is THIS close to inventing the first rocket car that produces CSAM
techmeme.com Techmeme @techmeme.com · 1d
Sources: SpaceX is considering a potential merger with Tesla, an idea some investors are pushing, while separately exploring a tie-up between SpaceX and xAI (Bloomberg)

Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
January 29, 2026 at 10:57 PM
stephangeering.bsky.social
Important leap in AI capabilities
emollick.bsky.social Ethan Mollick @emollick.bsky.social · 22h
Talking to lots of folks across various professions using Claude Code, it is genuinely surprising, even to me, how much of a leap they have seen in the ability of LLMs to do real work in the last six weeks.

I know people on this site are sometimes skeptical of AI, but worth paying attention to.
January 30, 2026 at 6:30 AM
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hourlycosmos.bsky.social
NGC 6000 - From Judy Schmidt (geckzilla.bsky.social) - https://flic.kr/p/MFr8u3
A picturesque spiral galaxy perhaps most notable for being the 6000th entry in the New General Catalog. Hubble has looked at this galaxy a few times for stellar and galactic surveying, but never specifically because there is anything about this galaxy that makes it interesting on its own. Beautiful, but typical. I will say that the small, bright spiral in the nucleus amuses me. If I were to turn it 180°, it would be a 6, which would be fitting for it since it is NGC 6000. However, I think that would look "upside-down" if there is such a thing for galaxies. There is an asteroid trail somewhere in this picture. The chip gap was filled with cloned data. The image has clarity, sharpness, and saturation adjustments. Data from Proposal 15166 were used to create this image. Continuing a Snapshot Survey of the Sites of Recent, Nearby Supernovae: Cycles 25 & 26 Red: WFC3/UVIS F814W Green: Pseudo Blue: WFC3/UVIS F555W North is NOT up. It is 60.43° clockwise from up.
January 30, 2026 at 6:00 AM
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privacymatters.bsky.social
CNIL (French data protection authority). Call for papers Privacy Research Day, June 24th 2026, Paris

www.cnil.fr/en/call-pape...
Call for papers Privacy Research Day, June 24th 2026, Paris
The 5th Edition of the Privacy Research Day This fifth edition of the Privacy Research Day will be organized in the context of the hosting by the CNIL in 2026 of the G7 Data Protection and Privacy Aut...
www.cnil.fr
January 29, 2026 at 9:30 PM
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daniel-solove.bsky.social
Privacy in Authoritarian Times - pre-print version of my article on how to improve privacy law to combat authoritarianism
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
January 29, 2026 at 4:53 PM
stephangeering.bsky.social
"Marry early" ... so you can see your spouse and family at [checks notes] 10pm briefly before you go to bed, but definitely not in the morning as that's running / gym time.

Hats off to these poor people if they manage to maintain sanity and marriage for more than two years.
January 29, 2026 at 9:55 AM
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hourlycosmos.bsky.social
Cassini's Final Entry - From Kevin M. Gill (kevinmgill.bsky.social) - https://flic.kr/p/TMzGPJ
Rendered using Autodesk Maya and Adobe Photoshop.
January 29, 2026 at 12:00 AM
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moma.bsky.social
Georges Braque, Road near L'Estaque, L'Estaque, late summer 1908
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1134814
Given anonymously (by exchange)
January 29, 2026 at 12:43 AM
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benansell.bsky.social
Lots of people posting about the wonders of Claude Code but have any of them previously asked it to create a python script that looks for anagrams of "Michel Foucault"?
January 28, 2026 at 7:59 PM
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kilianschoenberger.bsky.social
Dreaming of White Mountains
Some fresh snow would be appreciated in the Northern Alps.

#landscapephotography #landschaftsfotografie #fog
January 28, 2026 at 2:13 PM
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daniel-solove.bsky.social
VIDEO – Privacy of the Mind – watch now (free) on YouTube www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DAx...
Privacy of the Mind
YouTube video by Solove on Tech
www.youtube.com
January 28, 2026 at 7:32 PM
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europaulb.seriousprivacy.eu
It's good to be back, even though I can hardly believe we are already in season 7. That said: start listening! And please subscribe to the pod, so you don't miss any future episodes.
January 28, 2026 at 8:45 PM
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jordfran.bsky.social
Happy Data Privacy Day! As always, a busy day for me and my colleagues ⬇️
January 28, 2026 at 4:21 PM
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kashhill.bsky.social
Small part of the story, but a note on how LLMs are being used by scammers.
January 28, 2026 at 6:04 PM
stephangeering.bsky.social
Controversial, but I think AI will actually improve the quality of legal documents overall. Laws, contracts, user terms ... lawyers have been trained to use legalese and complicated structures rather than reader-friendly, plain language à la Edgar Huber.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugen_H...
Screenshot from Wikipedia page: "In 1892, he was asked by the Swiss government to draft the Swiss civil code (Zivilgesetzbuch), which he completed in 1904.[4] It was enacted in 1907 and entered into force in 1912. The Zivilgesetzbuch was applauded for being clear and modern, and it was later adopted in Turkey. "
January 28, 2026 at 10:16 AM
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dmimaging.bsky.social
Winter’s bliss.
The #rockintuesday icecap
Texture is delish.

#eastcoastkin
#longexposure
#winter
#photography
#colorado
January 27, 2026 at 11:12 PM
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theplanetaryguy.bsky.social
Time to post this rather incredible photo again.

The largest volcano in the Solar System, Olympus Mons, with one of the Solar System's smallest moons, Phobos, crossing it.

Photographed from Mars orbit.

Credit: Credit: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin/Andrea Luck @andrealuck.bsky.social CC BY
The surface of Mars occupies most of the scene, the limb of the planet to the right (with space beyond). In the upper centre is the massive Olympus Mons. The small dark body is the larger of Mars' two moons, Phobos.
January 27, 2026 at 8:22 PM
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emollick.bsky.social
I wrote about my class where MBAs created startups in a few days, the secret behind working with AI agents (hint: it’s good management), and how to build a process around delegating to AIs in a world where agents can increasingly do many-hour-long tasks. open.substack.com/pub/oneusefu...
Management as AI superpower
Thriving in a world of agents
open.substack.com
January 27, 2026 at 5:06 PM
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racheltobac.bsky.social
If you’re an activist, journalist, exec, or have a high threat model for any other reason, I do recommend using all tools to protect against spyware including Apple’s lockdown mode and WhatsApp’s new Strict Account Settings. Thanks WhatsApp for the partnership to get the word out to folks.
January 27, 2026 at 3:46 PM
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jamesrball.com
Age gating VPNs is a truly horrible idea. Teenagers deserve some kind of private access to the internet – which might mean LGB resources, or access to contraception or abortion advice, or resources to help with parental abuse.

Shutting them off puts them in greater danger. This is just bad policy.
January 26, 2026 at 11:51 PM
stephangeering.bsky.social
I think my #music taste is more unique than my fingerprints, so it's rare that I come across people with even remotely similar taste. But Endrik Schroeder's playlist is pretty close

open.spotify.com/playlist/3Ko...
Endrik Schroeder Night & Day
open.spotify.com
January 27, 2026 at 9:11 AM
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sophiecarr.bsky.social
Got a tiny bit of sun and only light winds this morning as we had our last visit to the City of Arts & Sciences - so got reflections and shadows briefly :)

#Valencia #CanonR5markII
A lone man walks under some massive white beams which form part of the Museo de las Ciencias. The photo is black and white and there are lots of criss-crossing beams, and as the sun is out there are their shadows too. And it's all reflected in an almost-calm pond below.
January 26, 2026 at 10:25 PM
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klg.bz
This is the real shit!
Smart with a snowplow.
January 26, 2026 at 9:11 PM