Stephan Geering
@stephangeering.bsky.social
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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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
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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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 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
January 27, 2026 at 8:22 PM
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 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
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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
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...
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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
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.
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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.
Shutting them off puts them in greater danger. This is just bad policy.
I and many others predicted this long ago. VPNs now headed for UK age gating. Amendment 94a is also massive, given its potential scope. reclaimthenet.org/uk-house-of-...
UK House of Lords Votes to Extend Age Verification to VPNs
The vote marks a stunning turn, pulling VPNs and private platforms into an age-check regime once unthinkable in a democracy.
reclaimthenet.org
January 26, 2026 at 11:51 PM
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.
Shutting them off puts them in greater danger. This is just bad policy.
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...
open.spotify.com/playlist/3Ko...
Endrik Schroeder Night & Day
open.spotify.com
January 27, 2026 at 9:11 AM
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...
open.spotify.com/playlist/3Ko...
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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
#Valencia #CanonR5markII
January 26, 2026 at 10:25 PM
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
#Valencia #CanonR5markII
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This is the real shit!
January 26, 2026 at 9:11 PM
This is the real shit!
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We’re just innocent men
January 26, 2026 at 5:30 PM
We’re just innocent men
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Brazil and the European Commission have mutually granted adequacy decisions. See
www.gov.br/anpd/pt-br/a....
www.gov.br/anpd/pt-br/a....
Brasil e União Europeia reconhecem adequação mútua em matéria de proteção de dados pessoais
Decisão histórica facilita transferências de dados entre Brasil e União Europeia com mais segurança, menos burocracia e mais direitos para os cidadãos
www.gov.br
January 26, 2026 at 7:27 PM
Brazil and the European Commission have mutually granted adequacy decisions. See
www.gov.br/anpd/pt-br/a....
www.gov.br/anpd/pt-br/a....
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January 26, 2026 at 3:04 PM
📣 Are you an early- or mid-career scholar or practitioner passionate about #Democracy and the #RuleofLaw in #Europe? Apply now for the re:constitution Fellowship 2026/2027!
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Ha
So when people argue over a paywalled Business Insider article, does it mean that everyone but me subscribes to BI or that they’re arguing over a headline?
January 26, 2026 at 1:50 PM
Ha
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The Council’s first compromise on the AI omnibus is out, and it pushes back hard on the Commission’s original approach. The text favors fixed deadlines for high-risk AI obligations & reinstates a simplified registration requirement, among other changes.
www.mlex.com/mlex/artific...
www.mlex.com/mlex/artific...
EU countries edge toward fixed AI Act legal deadlines | MLex | Specialist news and analysis on legal risk and regulation
EU governments are moving toward a fixed timeline for delayed AI Act high-risk obligations in a first compromise text on the AI amendment package, removing the European Commission’s ability to trigger...
www.mlex.com
January 26, 2026 at 1:09 PM
The Council’s first compromise on the AI omnibus is out, and it pushes back hard on the Commission’s original approach. The text favors fixed deadlines for high-risk AI obligations & reinstates a simplified registration requirement, among other changes.
www.mlex.com/mlex/artific...
www.mlex.com/mlex/artific...
I see a lot of people dunking on this, but it may just be a bit more nuanced than they think given that we don't really understand how our own consciousness works?
Recommended reading: ai-frontiers.org/articles/the...
Recommended reading: ai-frontiers.org/articles/the...
January 26, 2026 at 1:32 PM
I see a lot of people dunking on this, but it may just be a bit more nuanced than they think given that we don't really understand how our own consciousness works?
Recommended reading: ai-frontiers.org/articles/the...
Recommended reading: ai-frontiers.org/articles/the...
And boy did they play on that piano.
My brain, in endorphin-fuelled hero mode after Saturday’s gym session and Sunday morning run: “We are not doing this because it’s easy; we are doing this because it’s hard.”
My body: “WTF?! Look what you’ve done to us! We’ll be going crazy on the nerve-end piano all day, bitch!”
My body: “WTF?! Look what you’ve done to us! We’ll be going crazy on the nerve-end piano all day, bitch!”
January 26, 2026 at 12:56 PM
And boy did they play on that piano.
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Reflux II by Mathieu Lasserre https://www.artlimit...
#landscapelover #digital #water #nature #capture #ocean #beautifullandscape #composition #reflux #plage #colors #flux #photography #color #beach #waterscape #decoration #fineart #landscape #sand #colors_of_day #coast #watercolor…
#landscapelover #digital #water #nature #capture #ocean #beautifullandscape #composition #reflux #plage #colors #flux #photography #color #beach #waterscape #decoration #fineart #landscape #sand #colors_of_day #coast #watercolor…
January 26, 2026 at 5:22 AM
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January 26, 2026 at 6:02 AM
My 2026 predictions
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
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
January 25, 2026 at 9:23 PM
My 2026 predictions
Late to the party, but The Bear really is a good as you all have been saying.
m.imdb.com/title/tt1445...
m.imdb.com/title/tt1445...
The Bear (TV Series 2022– ) ⭐ 8.5 | Comedy, Drama
30m | TV-MA
m.imdb.com
January 25, 2026 at 9:22 PM
Late to the party, but The Bear really is a good as you all have been saying.
m.imdb.com/title/tt1445...
m.imdb.com/title/tt1445...
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Guard Dog at Macy’s Department Store, New York City
Bob Lerner, 1954-58.
ephemeralnewyork.wordpress.com/2025/05/05/t...
Bob Lerner, 1954-58.
ephemeralnewyork.wordpress.com/2025/05/05/t...
January 25, 2026 at 5:48 PM
Guard Dog at Macy’s Department Store, New York City
Bob Lerner, 1954-58.
ephemeralnewyork.wordpress.com/2025/05/05/t...
Bob Lerner, 1954-58.
ephemeralnewyork.wordpress.com/2025/05/05/t...
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Borve Breakers
Sunset at Borve with some amazing breakers below Ceapabhal
Sunset at Borve with some amazing breakers below Ceapabhal
January 25, 2026 at 6:06 PM
Borve Breakers
Sunset at Borve with some amazing breakers below Ceapabhal
Sunset at Borve with some amazing breakers below Ceapabhal
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January 25, 2026 at 6:53 PM
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Monday coming
January 25, 2026 at 4:56 PM
Monday coming