AI
AI Skews Beautiful. What Is That Doing to Us?
Images of people generated by AI tend to be gorgeous, even when creators ask them to be ugly. That could have a profound effect on our emotional wellbeing.
Science and Technology
AI
The AI Gender Gap Is Narrowing. But the Hard Work Is Still Ahead.
Women have caught up with men when it comes to trying AI, but research shows there’s still a big gap when it comes to confidence, trust and perceived value.
Science and Technology
Almost Every Plant You Know Was Named By a Man. One Woman is Changing That.
When it comes to plants, she who names the natural world, shapes what we notice, what we value, and ultimately what we save.
Social Media
A Social Media Ban Won't Save Our Children. It Could Still be the Right Move.
Britain's proposed restrictions on under-16s acknowledge that the status quo has failed. The real test, however, will be whether governments can force technology companies to change.
AI
Can We Please Stop Shaming Women On AI Once and for All?
Women are criticized for using AI less than men — and viewed as "cheats" when they do. How, exactly, do they win?
AI
A New Movement Wants to Silence Women In Public Life. AI Is Enabling It.
Women activists and journalists are being targeted in increasingly scary ways, forcing many to self-censor, as AI supercharges levels of online abuse.
Careers
Scientific Papers By Women Take Longer to Publish
New research has shown that when a woman academic is the lead author, the peer review process takes longer.
Violence Against Women and Girls
Ongoing, Inconsistent & Harmful: How the U.S. Is Failing Victims of Online Sexual Abuse
Abusive content and non-consensual sexual material can circulate indefinitely. Not enough is being done to stop it.
AI
When AI is Listening, Women Speak More
A new study shows that when meetings are transcribed by AI, women find it easier to speak.
Science and Technology
Why Women Don't Trust AI
New research shows women are more likely to worry about the impact of new technologies.
Social Media
We’ve Been Here Before: What You Need to Know About the Viral LinkedIn Name-Changing Trend
The latest LinkedIn trend that has women changing their gender or name in their profiles makes a point, but it’s a point as old as time. What we need is real change.
Women You Should Know
This Indigenous Brazilian Woman is Risking Everything to Defend Her Lands (And No, She Won't be at COP)
As world leaders gather in Brazil for this year’s global climate talks, the women on the frontlines of defending the world’s forests and rivers tell us why they won’t be taking part.
AI
‘Don’t Pretend You Don’t Love It’—The Dark, Misogynistic Underside of AI
From biased chatbots to sexist and aggressive avatars, AI already comprises a whole set of tools capable of harassing and harming women.
Social Media
Maybe Tradwives Are Simply Misunderstood
New research suggests that what draws women to the aesthetic is not submission, but simplicity.
Forgotten Feminists
Five Tech Pioneers Who Should Be As Famous as Zuckerberg and Bezos
These five women should be as famous—and well off—as Silicon Valley's finest.
Forgotten Feminists
The Tech Mogul “Steve” Who Looked Out for Women
Her software company would change everything; perhaps most notably how—and where—women could work.