Group Says 72% Gender Gap In Artificial Intelligence Industry Could Worsen Historic Gender Bias

A global women's network says the biggest danger to women regarding the development of Artificial Intelligence (AI) is the years ahead is the fact that women represent only about 22 percent of all AI professionals worldwide. The Women's Forum for the Economy and Society has launched the Women & AI Daring Circle to develop "concrete steps" to increase the participation and visibility of women in the creation of artificial intelligence systems and promulgation of research and standards that are accurate, reliable and nondiscriminatory. The group is led by Microsoft in collaboration with L'Oreal, Publicis Groupe, and AXA. UNESCO is an institutional partner and FTI Consulting, one of the largest financial consulting firms in the world, is the Circle's "knowledge partner." The Circle calls AI one of the "most disruptive" technological developments of our age.