Wired Survey: 59% of 634 Women in Tech Saw Gender Bias, Slam AI Double Standards
AnnaCiaunica · x · 2026-09-23
WIRED surveyed 634 women working in tech: 59% said they had seen or experienced gender bias. One widely quoted complaint targets AI-era double standards: "sloppy, half-assed work gets praise when a man does it with Claude, whereas if I or any other women presented that we'd get fired." The feature also covers executives happily automating with AI and new hires confronting bro culture.
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