If another German election was held this week, the far right AfD would win the most votes 😳

Time to rethink Europe's existential cloud dependency -
new @technologyreview.de column, complementary to the argument made by @maxschrems.bsky.social earlier this week.

Read here: t3n.de/news/die-for...

The AfD's AI delusion: How Germany’s far right fantasizes about using AI to replace migrants.

Just like JD Vance speech in Munich, the AfD’s electoral program is not just inhumane – it’s completely incoherent. This is not a bug, it's a feature.

New column from me in @technologyreview.de

I'm in Brussels this week and the common sentiment is:
with DeepSeek Europe is now finally able to compete on AI!

We've unpacked these claims and also analyzed Europe's "tactical silence" in response to Trump's first two weeks in office. @ainowinstitute.bsky.social @leevisaari.bsky.social

We wrote about this in our last EU industrial policy newsletter:
how China's DeepSeek is challenging EU AI policy
euaipolicymonitor.substack.com/p/german-ele...

New monthly column for MIT Technology Review Germany!

On how the merger of Silicon Valley's power with state authority could become the ultimate test for Europe’s digital future.

frederike.substack.com/p/trump-musk...

New EU AI industrial policy newsletter on first 100 days of new Commission

open.substack.com/pub/euaipoli...

Greetings from Geneva, where I attended the 13th forum on business and human rights, and gave expert evidence on the practical applications of the UNGPs to the activities of technology companies related to AI for @ainowinstitute.bsky.social

Super disorienting/wild to see star link on the mediterranen sky last week. Satellites have been around for a while, but this completely changes the night sky.