11 insights from women leaders in AI on how to succeed in this booming field

Over the next few years, artificial intelligence will reshape our homes, workplaces, and society at large, touching virtually every aspect of how we work and live. And yet, according to the World Economic Forum's 2020 Global Gender Gap Report, just 26% of professionals in this flourishing field are women. At IBM -- where our Watson technology is helping companies unlock the value of their data in entirely new, profound ways -- we believe that growing the percentage of women in the field is crucial to developing high-quality, unbiased AI. According to the recent IBM Global Women in AI Study conducted by Morning Consult, the vast majority of AI professionals believe the field has become more diverse over the past few years, and that this change is having a positive impact on AI technology. Among those who respond that the field has not become more diverse, 74% believe that it must, if the industry is to achieve its potential.