Gender Equality in AI

On building AI that actually works for half the world — representation, bias, voice, and the future we want to live in.

  • 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.

  • When 'fixing' AI bias goes sideways

    We talk about AI bias like it's a clean villain story. A study on ChatGPT found something stranger and worth sitting with.

  • Neither artificial nor intelligent: the cost of AI

    The word "artificial" makes AI sound weightless. It isn't. Here's what's underneath it, and why noticing matters for you.

  • The math of who's missing from AI research

    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.

  • From search bars to chatbots: a short history of AI bias

    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.

  • How to talk to any AI and spot its blind spots

    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.

  • AI Still Files Us Under "Home and Family"

    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.

  • AI companions are booming. Who were they built for?

    Millions of people are talking to AI companions now. But peek at who they were designed for, and a familiar pattern shows up.

  • Data feminism, in plain language, for your daily life

    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.

  • The empathy gap: when AI listens differently to women

    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.

  • Who builds your AI? A few numbers worth knowing

    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.

  • AI is getting women wrong, and a new UN report says so

    A new UN Women report names what so many of us have already felt when an algorithm answers back.

  • A women-first AI confidante is a design choice, not a gimmick

    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.

  • AI is still getting women wrong. The UN has the data.

    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.

  • AI Is Still Getting Women Wrong

    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.

  • Why Gender Equality Matters in the Design of AI

    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."