Shorenstein Center Says Men Named in AI Headlines 14.6 Times as Often as Women
Summary
Harvard's Shorenstein Center reports women use AI less than men and appear far less in AI news. In a July 2026 survey of 5,403 U.S. adults, 29% of women said they had never used AI, versus 22% of men. Men are named in AI headlines 14.6 times as often as women.
Key Points
- Women report lower trust in AI: 23% trust none of the sources asked about, versus 15% of men, the Shorenstein Center finds.
- Globally, 4.7% of women's jobs sit in the highest AI-exposure occupations, against 2.4% of men's, Gmyrek and co-authors report.
- Among expert sources cited in AI coverage, 70.1% are men and 16.2% are women, coding of 124,004 experts shows.