Maha Shaikh
@mahashaikh.bsky.social
Academic @esadebsls.bsky.social I research #OpenSource, #Open #innovation, material #agency, #governance of #OSS
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Introducing: The Security issue.
Security can mean national defense, but it can also mean control over data, safety from intrusion, and so much more.
Explore the way technology, mystery, and the universe itself affect how secure we feel in the modern age when you read the full issue. ⬇️⬇️⬇️
Security can mean national defense, but it can also mean control over data, safety from intrusion, and so much more.
Explore the way technology, mystery, and the universe itself affect how secure we feel in the modern age when you read the full issue. ⬇️⬇️⬇️
The Security issue
Security can mean national defense, but it can also mean control over data, safety from intrusion, and so much more. This issue explores the way technology, mystery, and the universe itself affect how...
www.technologyreview.com
August 27, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Introducing: The Security issue.
Security can mean national defense, but it can also mean control over data, safety from intrusion, and so much more.
Explore the way technology, mystery, and the universe itself affect how secure we feel in the modern age when you read the full issue. ⬇️⬇️⬇️
Security can mean national defense, but it can also mean control over data, safety from intrusion, and so much more.
Explore the way technology, mystery, and the universe itself affect how secure we feel in the modern age when you read the full issue. ⬇️⬇️⬇️
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Trying to exit my Bluesky-slumber with a research-related post :)
Here is a link to the study I am most excited and proud of this year.
There are expectations for rationality & human-likeness in the AI field. Is that a problem? See the paper to find out :)
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Here is a link to the study I am most excited and proud of this year.
There are expectations for rationality & human-likeness in the AI field. Is that a problem? See the paper to find out :)
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Rethinking How We Theorize AI in Organization and Management: A Problematizing Review of Rationality and Anthropomorphism
Artificial intelligence (AI) has long held the promise of imitating, replacing, or even surpassing human intelligence. Now that the abilities of AI systems have started to approach this initial aspir...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
August 24, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Trying to exit my Bluesky-slumber with a research-related post :)
Here is a link to the study I am most excited and proud of this year.
There are expectations for rationality & human-likeness in the AI field. Is that a problem? See the paper to find out :)
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Here is a link to the study I am most excited and proud of this year.
There are expectations for rationality & human-likeness in the AI field. Is that a problem? See the paper to find out :)
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Artificial Intelligence at Work: An Integrative Perspective on the Impact of AI on Workplace Inequality, by Arvind Karunakaran, Sarah Lebovitz, Devesh Narayanan and Hatim A. Rahman | Academy of Management Annals journals.aom.org/doi/abs/10.5...
Artificial Intelligence at Work: An Integrative Perspective on the Impact of AI on Workplace Inequality | Academy of Management Annals
The nexus between technology and workplace inequality has been a long-standing topic of scholarly interest, now heightened by the rapid evolution of artificial intelligence (AI). Our review moves beyo...
journals.aom.org
June 29, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Artificial Intelligence at Work: An Integrative Perspective on the Impact of AI on Workplace Inequality, by Arvind Karunakaran, Sarah Lebovitz, Devesh Narayanan and Hatim A. Rahman | Academy of Management Annals journals.aom.org/doi/abs/10.5...
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This really can’t be pointed out enough
“They (Reform UK) voted against
•stronger SSP
• the right to guaranteed hours
• protection from unfair dismissal
• stronger protections for pregnant mothers
• a package worth £600 for poorest workers.. We’re backing British workers, they vote against them at every turn”
PM Keir Starmer #PMQS 👏
•stronger SSP
• the right to guaranteed hours
• protection from unfair dismissal
• stronger protections for pregnant mothers
• a package worth £600 for poorest workers.. We’re backing British workers, they vote against them at every turn”
PM Keir Starmer #PMQS 👏
May 14, 2025 at 11:54 AM
This really can’t be pointed out enough
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MIT following Harvard's lead here
April 15, 2025 at 1:07 AM
MIT following Harvard's lead here
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Bravo Harvard
“No government — regardless of which party is in power — should dictate what private universities can teach, whom they can admit and hire, and which areas of study and inquiry they can pursue,” Alan Garber, Harvard’s president, said about President Trump's demands. nyti.ms/4jzSS9W
April 15, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Bravo Harvard
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Harvard President, Alan M. Garber: "We have informed the administration through our legal counsel that we will not accept their proposed agreement. The University will not negotiate over its independence or its constitutional rights."
www.harvard.edu/president/ne...
www.harvard.edu/president/ne...
The Promise of American Higher Education
No government—regardless of which party is in power—should dictate what private universities can teach, whom they can admit and hire, and which areas of study and inquiry they can pursue
www.harvard.edu
April 14, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Harvard President, Alan M. Garber: "We have informed the administration through our legal counsel that we will not accept their proposed agreement. The University will not negotiate over its independence or its constitutional rights."
www.harvard.edu/president/ne...
www.harvard.edu/president/ne...
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Half of Cambridge's European students have vanished. The Finnish undergraduates disappeared when fees were introduced.
www.varsity.co.uk/news/29471
www.varsity.co.uk/news/29471
Cambridge student numbers fall amid nationwide decline
Enrolments at Cambridge dropped to 22,715 students for the 2023/24 academic year, down from 22,975 the previous year
www.varsity.co.uk
April 15, 2025 at 5:09 AM
Half of Cambridge's European students have vanished. The Finnish undergraduates disappeared when fees were introduced.
www.varsity.co.uk/news/29471
www.varsity.co.uk/news/29471
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I just attended a conference in the US. We had one speaker detained and two others turned away at the border.
There are great conferences and science in the US, but with the way things are right now, it’s too risky to attend.
Australian academics refuse to attend US conferences for fear of being detained
‘When academics fear travelling or partnering with US institutions, the impacts ripple through the entire global knowledge ecosystem,’ one says
www.theguardian.com
April 13, 2025 at 11:10 PM
I just attended a conference in the US. We had one speaker detained and two others turned away at the border.
Applications open for #ECIS2025 Junior Faculty Consortium in Jordan. Deadline: April 16. The co-chairs include Andrew Burton-Jones, Amany ElBanna and me. ecis2025.eu/events/junio... It promises to be a fantastic event so please do apply soon.
Junior Faculty Consortium – ECIS 2025
ecis2025.eu
March 22, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Applications open for #ECIS2025 Junior Faculty Consortium in Jordan. Deadline: April 16. The co-chairs include Andrew Burton-Jones, Amany ElBanna and me. ecis2025.eu/events/junio... It promises to be a fantastic event so please do apply soon.
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Privacy isn’t about hiding—it’s about trust and control over our own information. In her #SXSW 2025 Keynote, Signal President, @meredithmeredith.bsky.social breaks down why our privacy matters.
March 8, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Privacy isn’t about hiding—it’s about trust and control over our own information. In her #SXSW 2025 Keynote, Signal President, @meredithmeredith.bsky.social breaks down why our privacy matters.
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Huge crowd at Stand up for Science
March 7, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Huge crowd at Stand up for Science
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How can Brexit Britain navigate Trump's World? New post on my Brexit & Beyond Blog. With the rapid deepening of a dangerous global divide, the UK faces hard choices. Could the latest proposals for UK-EU 'mutual recognition' be part of the answer? chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com/2025/02/how-...
February 22, 2025 at 9:33 AM
How can Brexit Britain navigate Trump's World? New post on my Brexit & Beyond Blog. With the rapid deepening of a dangerous global divide, the UK faces hard choices. Could the latest proposals for UK-EU 'mutual recognition' be part of the answer? chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com/2025/02/how-...
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The NYT asked me to write an op-ed on Musk and the Treasury and then took a pass. I hope it will still get read.
Personal Discretion Over the Treasury's Payments System Means the End of Democracy
If the Court and federal workers fail to stop Elon Musk, we are heading for authoritarianism.
www.liberalcurrents.com
February 4, 2025 at 8:48 PM
The NYT asked me to write an op-ed on Musk and the Treasury and then took a pass. I hope it will still get read.
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This white paper calls for collective action among developers, policymakers, and civil society to establish shared standards and implement solutions that balance open sharing with responsible governance. https://opensource.org/datagovernance
Data Governance in Open Source AI
Data Governance in Open Source AI
opensource.org
February 5, 2025 at 9:37 AM
This white paper calls for collective action among developers, policymakers, and civil society to establish shared standards and implement solutions that balance open sharing with responsible governance. https://opensource.org/datagovernance
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Google had created that pledge as a concession to workers campaigning against Pentagon drone AI contracts in 2018. Here's some of that history, that can put the chaotic events into context to make sense of what is new, what is old. jacobin.com/2018/06/goog...
February 4, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Google had created that pledge as a concession to workers campaigning against Pentagon drone AI contracts in 2018. Here's some of that history, that can put the chaotic events into context to make sense of what is new, what is old. jacobin.com/2018/06/goog...
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Hugging Face researchers aim to build an ‘open’ version of OpenAI’s deep research tool
Hugging Face researchers aim to build an ‘open’ version of OpenAI’s deep research tool
A group of developers at AI dev platform Hugging Face, including Thomas Wolf, the company’s co-founder and chief scientist, say they’ve built an “open” version of OpenAI’s deep research tool. Deep research, which OpenAI unveiled during an event Sunday,…
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February 4, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Hugging Face researchers aim to build an ‘open’ version of OpenAI’s deep research tool
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📢 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗽𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗿 alert! We document how 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗔𝗜 𝗶𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹𝘀. 💼 💻
📊 We analysed 𝟯𝗠+ 𝗷𝗼𝗯 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘁𝘀, used embeddings to cluster them into 𝟭𝟬𝟬+ 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗲-𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝘀𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹𝘀, and LLMs to classify them as s𝘂𝗯𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘁𝘂𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲, 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘆, or 𝘂𝗻𝗮𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗱.
📊 We analysed 𝟯𝗠+ 𝗷𝗼𝗯 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘁𝘀, used embeddings to cluster them into 𝟭𝟬𝟬+ 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗲-𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝘀𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹𝘀, and LLMs to classify them as s𝘂𝗯𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘁𝘂𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲, 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘆, or 𝘂𝗻𝗮𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗱.
January 29, 2025 at 11:59 AM
📢 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗽𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗿 alert! We document how 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗔𝗜 𝗶𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹𝘀. 💼 💻
📊 We analysed 𝟯𝗠+ 𝗷𝗼𝗯 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘁𝘀, used embeddings to cluster them into 𝟭𝟬𝟬+ 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗲-𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝘀𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹𝘀, and LLMs to classify them as s𝘂𝗯𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘁𝘂𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲, 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘆, or 𝘂𝗻𝗮𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗱.
📊 We analysed 𝟯𝗠+ 𝗷𝗼𝗯 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘁𝘀, used embeddings to cluster them into 𝟭𝟬𝟬+ 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗲-𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝘀𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹𝘀, and LLMs to classify them as s𝘂𝗯𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘁𝘂𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲, 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘆, or 𝘂𝗻𝗮𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗱.
China’s cheap, open AI model DeepSeek thrills scientists www.nature.com/articles/d41...
China’s cheap, open AI model DeepSeek thrills scientists
DeepSeek-R1 performs reasoning tasks at the same level as OpenAI’s o1 — and is open for researchers to examine.
www.nature.com
January 26, 2025 at 10:29 AM
China’s cheap, open AI model DeepSeek thrills scientists www.nature.com/articles/d41...
I am running an online seminar series @esadebsls.bsky.social for scholars of information systems, innovation and management. The speakers include @asusarla.bsky.social Emma Vaast, Likoebe Maruping, Frank Nagle and more. Please reach out to me if you would like to be added to the mailing list.
January 24, 2025 at 9:24 PM
I am running an online seminar series @esadebsls.bsky.social for scholars of information systems, innovation and management. The speakers include @asusarla.bsky.social Emma Vaast, Likoebe Maruping, Frank Nagle and more. Please reach out to me if you would like to be added to the mailing list.
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This new piece with @toubiana.bsky.social and Trish Ruebottom in @sciam.bsky.social, explored how Trump’s appeal mirrors the strategies of voyeuristic businesses, like reality TV or social media influencers. 🧵
How Reality TV Helps Explain Trump’s Success
www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-...
How Reality TV Helps Explain Trump’s Success
www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-...
How Reality TV Helps Explain Trump’s Success
What makes reality shows so popular also helps explain why Donald Trump is so popular
www.scientificamerican.com
January 24, 2025 at 8:29 PM
This new piece with @toubiana.bsky.social and Trish Ruebottom in @sciam.bsky.social, explored how Trump’s appeal mirrors the strategies of voyeuristic businesses, like reality TV or social media influencers. 🧵
How Reality TV Helps Explain Trump’s Success
www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-...
How Reality TV Helps Explain Trump’s Success
www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-...
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He accidentally did a Nazi salute... TWICE. While talking about the future of Western civilization.
He is who we think he is.
He is who we think he is.
Elon Musk gave two back to back Nazi salutes at the Trump inauguration parade
January 20, 2025 at 8:54 PM
He accidentally did a Nazi salute... TWICE. While talking about the future of Western civilization.
He is who we think he is.
He is who we think he is.
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January 20, 2025 at 6:45 AM
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Earlier today I wrote a short and personal piece about the struggles of life in academia as an early-career and untenured researcher.
It seems to be resonating with folks over at LinkedIn, so thought I'd share it here as well: www.linkedin.com/pulse/darker... #academicsky
It seems to be resonating with folks over at LinkedIn, so thought I'd share it here as well: www.linkedin.com/pulse/darker... #academicsky
The Darker Sides of Life in Academia: A Personal Story
Over the past few weeks, I have been posting a lot of happy stories on this platform. I recently published a new book, I had a research article come out, and I am soon starting a new research project ...
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January 16, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Earlier today I wrote a short and personal piece about the struggles of life in academia as an early-career and untenured researcher.
It seems to be resonating with folks over at LinkedIn, so thought I'd share it here as well: www.linkedin.com/pulse/darker... #academicsky
It seems to be resonating with folks over at LinkedIn, so thought I'd share it here as well: www.linkedin.com/pulse/darker... #academicsky