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Documenting the tech worker movement

PhD student JS Tan SM ’22, writing as both participant and researcher, co‑authored a new book that documents the rise of tech worker protests and the subsequent employer backlash. The work examines how these movements have unfolded and the reactions they have provoked within the tech industry.

Hugging Face Trending Papers
Jul 31

Design Concept: Scaffolding Geopolitical Reflection Among Tech Workers

This paper presents a speculative Human-Computer Interaction design proposal for encouraging geopolitical reflexivity amongst tech workers at geopolitically relevant technology companies. Recent scholarship in International Relations and Science and Technology Studies increasingly recognizes technology firms and their workers as geopolitical actors whose decisions shape international dynamics.

MIT News AI
Aug 17

Q&A: Rethinking how innovation happens

In his latest book, Professor Eugene Fitzgerald examines the forces that turn breakthroughs into value — and why innovation resists simple formulas.

By Jason Sparapani | Department of Materials Science and Engineering
arXiv AI
Aug 19

Without journalists, there is no journalism: the social dimension of generative artificial intelligence in the media

The article reviews two decades of empirical research on artificial intelligence in media, highlighting how AI will continuously reshape journalistic work. It identifies key social and epistemological challenges, such as increased reliance on tech platforms, threats to editorial independence, and journalists’ ambivalence between job security and creative liberation. The study argues that understanding AI’s impact on audiences and journalists is essential for guiding its responsible use in journalism.

By Sim\'on Pe\~na-Fern\'andez, Koldobika Meso-Ayerdi, Ainara Larrondo-Ureta, Javier D\'iaz-Noci