Dossier
Maahir Sharma
Coverage of Maahir Sharma in the Nexus archive.
- Tech workers are spending nights and weekends learning new AI tools. They say they can't afford not to.
Tech workers are spending nights and weekends learning AI tools to stay competitive amid job cuts and AI adoption. A survey found 85% of U.S. desk workers across six industries are learning AI outside work, driven by pressure to keep pace with evolving technology and maintain job security.
- I built an AI tool that negotiated hotel prices for me. One hotel suspected it was AI, but it got me a better deal.
Maahir Sharma, a software engineer, developed an AI agent to negotiate hotel room rates by calling hotels. During a test call, a hotel representative suspected the AI but reduced the rate by $5, resulting in a better deal for Sharma.