Study (N=160K mtgs) finds that when AI notetaking is used, women spoke 9% more than men. Perhaps because people are more aware of what they say when it is being captured. But men still used non-inclusive terms (swear words or "you guys") 2x more than women.
The Persistent
When AI is Listening, Women Speak More
A new study shows that when meetings are transcribed by AI, women find it easier to speak.
Study (N=3,000) finds women more likely than men to say they did not know what AI’s impact on society writ large and question its benefits, particularly by expressing doubt that the technology would deliver meaningful economic gains.
Northeastern Global News
Why women are more skeptical of AI than men, according to a new study
Drawing on survey data, the study finds that women consistently perceive AI as riskier, especially when its economic effects are uncertain.
The unemployment rate for Black women rose from 5.4% in Jan 2025 to 7.3% at the end of 2025. "If we saw an unemployment rate for white men at the current rate it is for Black women, we would have already declared a recession." https://www.forbes.com/sites/hollycorbett/2026/01/14/women-made-up-nearly-all-the-job-losses-last-month-heres-why/
AI-generated porn is new tax on women’s presence online and in the public sphere, a tax that women must pay with their dignity. These tools affect women’s civil rights by making the public sphere hostile and intimately degrading to women at a massive scale.
the Guardian
Grok is undressing women and children. Don’t expect the US to take action | Moira Donegan
Elon Musk’s reckless and degrading AI could be built differently. But Americans will have to speak up
Study finds women use gen AI less than men not due to gaps in skill, but bc they view it as harmful to mental health, employment, privacy & the environment. This is not misplaced: AI has significant energy demands and risks of bias and misinformation.
Unite.AI
Research Finds Women Use Generative AI Less, Due to Moral Concerns
A new study led by Oxford University concludes that women are using generative AI far less than men – not because they lack skills, but because t...
Stopping the glass cliff: 5 weeks after being hired, Katherine Maher at NPR was under pressure to quit. Board chair Jennifer Ferro determined to keep her. She was the right leader & getting rid of an exec bc of political pressure would only weaken the organization.
NPR’s C.E.O. Was a Right-Wing Target. Then the Real Trouble Started.
Katherine Maher has taken an unyielding approach to NPR’s biggest battles — which has sometimes put her at odds with her colleagues in public m...
Women with care duties have very little "pure” leisure to themselves. Often, it is spent w/ kids or those they’re caring for. Early time-use researchers—all men—initially coded child care as leisure. They assumed women were at home having fun with the kids.
The Persistent
Why Leisure Time is an Act of Radical Feminist Resistance
In a world where a woman’s work is never done, perhaps the biggest form of rebellion is taking time for ourselves.
Women on the right are learning a hard truth. They are lionized when supporting the patriarch and obeying the party line. But as soon as there’s any mold-breaking, the turn is incredibly rapid and vicious. There is no tolerance for disagreement.
Opinion | The G.O.P. Wanted ‘Mama Bears.’ It Got Something More Unruly.
Trump didn’t invent misogyny, but he’s leaning into it.
Simulation finds that if Margaret Cavendish (1st women invited to Royal Society in 1667) had been better connected and her findings more widely accepted during her lifetime, the Royal Society would have gotten to the truth "significantly faster".
Northeastern Global News
Scientific discovery was slower when women were ignored, research shows
This U.K.-U.S. project found that scientific truths would have been uncovered faster if female research had been properly considered.
While companies say RTO is for enhanced communication, team cohesion & managerial convenience, in a survey (N=900) finds 40% of business leaders admitted that making better use of paid-for office space is a core reason they’re mandating RTO. https://thehill.com/opinion/finance/5638850-office-leases-shaping-workplace-policy