Florian's Filter — W21 2026

A public holiday at the beginning of W22 threw me off - apologies for the late sendout. I am backdating the publication date to the regular Sunday to not trip up the archive for all time to come ;)

The rapid evolution of large language models often feels like a relentless tide, yet we are simultaneously seeing the emergence of much more specific boundaries. From shifts in subscription economics to the development of new digital etiquette, the "wild west" phase is giving way to more structured norms. This transition requires a careful balance between embracing technical speed and maintaining human-centric nuance.

Articles

• The Time Bomb Went Off: AI's All-You-Can-Eat Era Just Ended in Real Time
  The dynamics currently unfolding at high speed suggest that the era of unlimited AI access is nearing its end. The State of Brand explores how shifting subscription models are effectively ending the "all-you-can-eat" period of generative AI.
• The last six months in LLMs in five minutes
  Simon Willison provides a remarkably efficient summary of the last six months in LLMS. His recent market observations offer a valuable way to grasp technical shifts quickly.

Tools

• no slop grenade
  New technologies inevitably demand new social rules, and the concept of a "no slop grenade" is particularly resonant. The piece argues against the practice of flooding conversations with unvetted, AI-generated walls of text.
  I mark this as "tool" not in terms of software, but for social interaction :)

Podcasts

• A Need for Nuance: The Economist’s Andrew Palmer — Me, Myself, and AI
  This episode of Me, Myself, and AI provides a great discussion regarding the intersection of The Economist, MIT, and the effects of generative AI on the non-technical workplace. Andrew Palmer discusses how organizations can balance speed with human oversight.
• 6G, AI and the transatlantic investment divide
  An insightful interview with Ulf Ewaldsson - former Group CTO of Ericsson, and most recently of T-Mobile US, in the Podcast of TM Forum. Even if you are not deep in the Mobile Network scene, this is worthwhile for his perspectives on the geo(political) arena in which huge technical innovations like 6G, genAI etc. are driven forward.