Jacob Schaal
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Op-eds, policy analysis, newsletters, and academic work on AI governance and labour economics.

Op-Eds & Commentary

Wie wir Wertschöpfung behalten, wenn KI Arbeit automatisiert Op-Ed
Handelsblatt · 2026

Why German firms must invest in proprietary AI rather than renting US foundation models.

Searching for Answers: Why the EU Commission Should Designate Chatbots as Search Engines under the DSA Policy Analysis
Verfassungsblog · 2026 with M. Lenner, T. Akinyemi

Why the EU Commission should designate chatbots as Very Large Online Search Engines under the Digital Services Act.

Deutschland muss auf die Automatisierung von Einstiegsstellen reagieren Op-Ed
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung · 2025
What the UK Can Learn from California’s Frontier AI Regulation Battle Policy Analysis
AI Policy Bulletin · 2025
Overcoming Big Tech AI Merger Evasions: Innovating EU Competition Law through the AI Act Policy Analysis
Verfassungsblog · 2024 with T. Emborg
Designing a Better Competition Law Framework for the EU AI Industry (Parts I & II) Policy Analysis
Competition Law Insight · 2024 with C.P. Osorio

Newsletter

AI Economics Brief Newsletter
Windfall Trust · 2025 – present

Contributing Editor. Biweekly newsletter synthesising frontier AI economics research and policy developments for 1,200+ subscribers.

Policy Contributions

Governance for the Frontier: AISI’s Role in Facilitating Frontier AI Lab Information Sharing Report
AI Governance Fast Track Programme · 2025 with D. Muller, L. Leung, M. Chen

Policy report presented at AISI and Department for Business and Trade. Strong accept at AIES 2025. Also published as ‘Enabling AI Safety Information Sharing’ at EuRIPS 2025.

Ensuring Trustworthy Evaluations: GPAI Model Access in the AI Act Codes of Practice Policy Brief
Pour Demain · 2024 with D. Marti, J. Farrell
OECD Due Diligence Guideline for Responsible AI Policy Contribution
Pour Demain / OECD · 2024
CEN/CENELEC JTC21 AI Standards Standards Work
Pour Demain · 2024

Contributions to European AI standard-setting at CEN/CENELEC.

Academic & Working Papers

Enabling AI Safety Information Sharing: UK Competition Law Block Exemptions and Institutional Design Conference Paper
EuRIPS 2025 Workshop PAIG · 2025 with D. Muller, M. Chen, L. Leung

Develops competition law block exemptions enabling frontier AI labs to share safety-critical information without antitrust violations. Proposes AISI as neutral clearinghouse.

AI Automation Exposure Index Based on Moravec’s Paradox Working Paper
Cambridge ERA · 2025

Theory-based index classifying 19,000+ O*NET tasks across four automation dimensions.

The Costs and Benefits of Advanced AI: Evidence From the Labour Market Thesis
LMU Munich · 2024

BSc thesis supervised by Prof. Ines Helm (Chair of AI in Economics). Grade: 1.0 (highest distinction).

AI’s Labour Market Effects in the UK Research in Progress
King’s College London · 2025 – present with B. Klein Teeselink

Empirical research with Dr Bouke Klein Teeselink using Revelio Labs data, NLP task extraction, and triple-difference estimators.

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