Saiph Savage

I met with US Senator Ed Markey. I am grateful & proud he cited my research on the invisible labor powering AI.

My research creates new tools to measure how workers fuel AI platforms under precarious, unseen conditions.

See:
🏦https://www.markey.senate.gov/news/press-releases/sen-markey-rep-jayapal-lead-colleagues-in-demanding-answers-from-ai-companies-on-use-of-underpaid-overworked-data-workers

🧪https://arxiv.org/pdf/2110.00169

🚨 Job Alert: IPIE is hiring a Consulting Scientist (AI & Economic Inclusion)!

Join us to shape global policy on AI + inequality.

Remote, part-time, starting July 2025:
🌟https://www.ipie.info/careers/consulting-scientist-ai-and-economic-inclusion

#AI #Policy #EconomicInclusion #ResearchJobs #TechForGood

Excited to host Prof. Steven Dow from UC San Diego for a talk on Human-AI collaboration and collective creativity! 🌍💡

📅 April 22 | 🕔 5:00 PM |

✨Join us with Boston CHI to explore how AI can empower communities to solve complex problems together.

cc:@stevendow@mastodon.social

Had a lovely lab celebration for our new CHI research on generative AI & labor with visually impaired software developers 🎉👩🏽‍💻🧑🏾‍💻

We also celebrated the amazing new PhD students joining the lab — excited for what’s ahead! 🚀✨

📌See our paper: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2503.16491
#chi2025

I was on the Deutsche Welle talking at UNAM about human-centered AI in Latin America — and why we must build:

☑️AI powered tech grounded in our cultures & communities

☑️AI for the workplace that empowers workers across the region

📺See video: https://www.msn.com/en-za/news/other/why-latin-america-needs-its-own-ai-systems/vi-AA1BIgoW?ocid=hpmsn

🚨 New CHI'25 paper alert!

"The Impact of Generative AI Coding Assistants on Developers Who Are Visually Impaired"

📄We study how GitHub Copilot both helps & overwhelms low-vision developers, prompting some to take "AI timeouts."

🔴See: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2503.16491

#chi2025

🚀 Just launched a mini-course on starting in gig work with Generative AI!

I teach you how to use AI to find the best gigs based on your skillset and cultural background—so you can maximize your earnings & work smarter.

🔵Check it out:
https://youtu.be/o2J_sRkdvIY💡🔥
#GigWork #AI

🚀 Exciting mini course alert!

My research lab with UNAM hosted a hands-on session for civic institutions, teaching them how to conduct quantitative and qualitative analysis of survey data using:
✅ Generative AI
✅ Social theories
✅HCD

🤖📊Slides:
https://tinyurl.com/2xzvxydw

I am honored to have given a keynote at Code Beam in Sillicon Valley✨

I presented:
🔵 My research on co-designing AI systems with workers for collective action

🔵 how the audience could apply their expertise in building distributed systems to support workers

Check out my slides: https://tinyurl.com/mr8yehfb

#CodeBEAM

Happy International Workers' Day!
🎉👷‍♂️

Today, I'm proud and thankful to be part of the Global Partnership on AI (GPAI) and be able to lead my own research lab at Northeastern University where we're making strides in rebalancing power to ensure global workers have a say in shaping the future of work🏗️🤖

See our latest CHI paper on this important topic.
➡️https://arxiv.org/pdf/2403.09986

🎉 Thrilled & honored to give a keynote at the ACM International Conference on Web Search & Data Mining (WSDM)!

After years at Microsoft Bing, it's a privilege to present my research mixing data mining + web search techniques for AI-driven Worker collective action👷‍♂️✊

#WSDM24

Excited to see my research lab making waves on both sides of the border!

🇺🇸US Senator Markey cited our research in questioning Big Tech's treatment of AI workers

🇲🇽 I met Mexican Senators Alejandra Lagunes & Gustavo Madero to discuss the future of AI🤖💬
https://www.markey.senate.gov/news/press-releases/sen-markey-rep-jayapal-lead-colleagues-in-demanding-answers-from-ai-companies-on-use-of-underpaid-overworked-data-workers

To celebrate Labor Day, our lab joined forces with:

✍️Hollywood Writers Guild of America

🎬SAG-AFTRA Union members (actors guild)

We delved into the impact of generative AI at work & the importance of worker collective action.

📻Tune in! we appear in the 8 am a lot on Sept 4th, Labor Day!): https://www.wpfwfm.org/radio/programming/archived-shows

#LaborRadioPod

Join us at ASSETS'23 as we unveil our new research on the ecosystems emerging around 3D printed assistive devices for people with disabilities!

🌟Discover how a global collaboration of makers, clinicians, and end-users is revolutionizing accessibility

🪻🪻https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/3537676