The new era of artificial intelligence (AI) has arrived, opening up a world of opportunity for significant progress, but also exposing the growing gender gap in digital literacy. UN Women highlights the major gender biases that have been identified in AI tools. In addition, the majority of tools are designed from a male perspective, further excluding women from usability. Interdisciplinary researchers were given access to the development stages of ChatGPT and its successor, GPT-4, and reported that "the solution may represent various societal biases and worldviews that may not be representative of the user's intent or widely shared values". As an entrepreneur, a woman, a mother, and a woman of color, I am committed to promoting inclusivity and equality in the business world.

It is a widely accepted irony that the more we move to a machine-driven, Artificial Intelligence-based world, the more demand there will be for so-called soft skills and the human touch. In fact, according to a report by management consultancy Deloitte entitled'Talent for survival: Essential skills for humans working in the machine age', cognitive and social skills such as complex problem-solving, creativity, collaboration and critical thinking are already more than twice as important as manual skills to the economy. But by 2030, demand for soft skills will have jumped by another 5%, creating 8.9 million new jobs. Soft skills will undoubtedly be more important in the age of AI. AI's strength is in undertaking repetitive, predictable tasks at scale and velocity – so mining big data speedily.