Post

UNESCO reports only 30% of academic researchers are women, and 11% are in senior positions. Women account for less than 25% of AI specialists, 14% of the cloud computing workforce, and 20% of engineers. The AI research staff at Facebook is only 15% women, while at Google this figure is just 10%.

Women in AI: addressing the impact of a worrying gender gapdobetter.esade.edu A panel hosted by Esade’s Irene Unceta at 4YFN addressed the huge gender disparities in AI, both in academia and the tech industry. What is the impact of women’s underrepresentation? And what can be done about it?