Bridging The Gender Gap In AI

According to research by WIRED and Element AI, a mere 12% of leading machine learning researchers are female. This gap also exists in industry. According to recent research by the World Economic Forum and LinkedIn, only 22% of jobs in artificial intelligence are held by women, with even fewer holding senior roles. The gap appears even more stark at the "FANG" companies--according to the AI Now Institute just 15% of AI research staff at Facebook and 10% at Google are women. The first step to bridge the gender gap in AI is awareness.