Surgeons, nurses, and the words AI reaches for
When AI hears "surgeon," it pictures a man. But here's the twist that made me sit up: the bias in its head didn't show up in how it treated women.
On building AI that actually works for half the world — representation, bias, voice, and the future we want to live in.
When AI hears "surgeon," it pictures a man. But here's the twist that made me sit up: the bias in its head didn't show up in how it treated women.
We talk about AI bias like it's a clean villain story. A study on ChatGPT found something stranger and worth sitting with.
The word "artificial" makes AI sound weightless. It isn't. Here's what's underneath it, and why noticing matters for you.
Fewer than 1 in 5 AI PhDs are women. Here's why the people missing from the lab end up shaping the AI in your pocket.
If a chatbot ever made you feel like an afterthought, it helps to know this didn't start with chatbots. The receipts go back years.
AI talks to you in a soft, sure voice. Here's how to tell when it actually understands you, and when it's just being agreeable.
Two new studies dropped this month. One found 44% of AI systems show gender bias. The other found women still use AI less — and trust it less. Here's why that matters for you.
Millions of people are talking to AI companions now. But peek at who they were designed for, and a familiar pattern shows up.
There's a quiet question behind every app you open: who decided what was worth measuring? Once you see it, you can't unsee it.
Ever felt like a chatbot was almost too soothing, then weirdly flat the second you shared good news? Turns out that's not in your head.
You talk to AI like it gets you. But the rooms where it's built are mostly men. Here's what that quietly costs us.
A new UN Women report names what so many of us have already felt when an algorithm answers back.
Most AI was built with someone else in mind, then handed to you. I want to talk about what it means to be designed for you on purpose.
A new UN Women report audited 133 AI systems and found bias in nearly half. Here's what it means for the way you and I are being seen, and one quiet way forward.
A new UN Women study audited 133 AI systems — almost half showed gender bias. Here's what stood out, and one small thing you can try this week.
AI designs shape how people are seen and served. If the teams building AI aren't diverse, the products will reflect a narrow view of what's "normal."