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Fresh bytesized takes on how AI + emerging tech is shaping the world for women.
Congratulations to Dr Fei-Fei Li, scientist, professor, and powerhouse who has been awarded the 2025 Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering! 🏆

'I'm proud to be different.' 💜

qeprize.org/winners/dr-f...
November 14, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Mmm, no mention of the gender breakdown but the panel will be 50% female, right? 🙋🏽‍♀️🙋🏼‍♀️🙋🏾‍♀️🙋🏻‍♀️🙋‍♀️
The European Commission is set to select experts for the AI Scientific Panel, which will advise on implementing the AI Act. Europe’s new panel must prioritize world-class AI expertise, and younger voices shaping frontier AI over quotas, writes Kai Zenner.
Europe’s Advanced AI Strategy Depends on a Scientific Panel. Who Will Make the Cut? | TechPolicy.Press
The Commission should not blindly trust recommendations from member states, but rather lean forward to find the best candidates for the job, writes Kai Zenner.
buff.ly
November 2, 2025 at 4:06 PM
To understand the implications of AI agents, powerhouse President of Signal Meredith Whittaker breaks it down. A must listen
Any excuse to hang out with @katie-drummond.bsky.social I'll take. This was so much fun!
I loved talking to Signal's @meredithmeredith.bsky.social, who is such a consistent, clear voice of sanity (and always a great interview).

We talked about (of course) SignalGate, what AI means for Signal, why tech bros continue to be such a disappointment, and much more. Read, listen, etc!
September 24, 2025 at 5:43 AM
Truth
AI agents promise to “put our brain in a jar while a bundle of AI systems does our living for us”, writes Meredith Whittaker. “But as in fairy tales, so in life: relying on magical fixes leads to trouble,” she warns
AI agents are coming for your privacy, warns Meredith Whittaker
The Signal Foundation’s president worries they will also blunt competition and undermine cyber-security
econ.st
September 16, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Remember When Things Were Better in the ’90s? A.I. Does Too.

Although apparently women didn't exist in the 90s ... or now.

Proof? This. Yet another legacy media AI article that fails to include a single female voice.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/09/s...
Remember When Things Were Better in the ’90s? A.I. Does Too.
www.nytimes.com
September 11, 2025 at 7:19 AM
'These large corporations are, in effect, running a very large-scale experiment on all of humanity.'

It has to stop.

www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
The women in love with AI chatbots: ‘I vowed to him that I wouldn’t leave him’
Experts are concerned about people emotionally depending on AI, but these women say their digital companions are misunderstood
www.theguardian.com
September 9, 2025 at 1:12 PM
The privacy powerhouse Meredith Whittaker's take on AI agents.
A must read.
@meredithmeredith.bsky.social
📣 NEW -- In The Economist, discussing the privacy perils of AI agents and what AI companies and operating systems need to do--NOW--to protect Signal and much else!

www.economist.com/by-invitatio...
September 9, 2025 at 1:07 PM
And a special shout out to the women in AI 💪🏼💪💪🏿💪🏾💪🏾💪🏽 💕Congratulations amazing innovators! 🎉 @akariasai.bsky.social @sunipadev.bsky.social www.technologyreview.com/innovators-u...
2025 35 Innovators Under 35
This year’s class of Innovators is already driving scientific progress and finding real-world applications for their work. They’ve developed novel medical treatments, influenced policy, invented new c...
www.technologyreview.com
September 8, 2025 at 2:14 PM
NYT you've done it again. Another all male AI-related article (if you don't count the headline image 🙄) Hate to tell you but the omission of women really looks systemic....

@nytimes.com @brianx.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/t...
A.I. Could Make the Smartphone Passé. What Comes Next?
www.nytimes.com
September 8, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Another Zuck 'masculine energy' AI use case.

Meta's misogyny isn’t a glitch, it's by design.
Exclusive: Meta has appropriated the names and likenesses of celebrities — including Taylor Swift, Scarlett Johansson, Anne Hathaway and Selena Gomez — to create dozens of flirty social-media chatbots without their permission, Reuters has found reut.rs/3JWb00R
Exclusive: Meta created flirty chatbots of Taylor Swift, other celebrities without permission
Meta has appropriated the names and likenesses of celebrities – including Taylor Swift, Scarlett Johansson, Anne Hathaway and Selena Gomez – to create dozens of flirty social-media chatbots without their permission, Reuters has found.
reut.rs
August 30, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Big shout out to all the amazing women on this list 🥳

But come on TIME, only 27% women?

Your gender bias is showing.

@karenhao.bsky.social @hennavirkkunen.bsky.social @natashalyonne.bsky.social, @priyald17.bsky.social

time.com/collections/...
The 100 Most Influential People in AI 2025
Meet the innovators, leaders, and thinkers reshaping our world through advances in artificial intelligence.
time.com
August 28, 2025 at 7:55 PM
A different take on 'Women in tech'...
"In an exclusive statement to the New York Post, first lady Melania Trump has revealed her next official project: leading the Presidential Artificial Intelligence Challenge to inspire children and teachers to embrace AI technology and help accelerate innovation in the field."
Exclusive | First lady Melania Trump will head effort to teach next generation about AI
First lady Melania Trump will lead the Presidential Artificial Intelligence Challenge to inspire children and teachers to embrace AI technology and help accelerate innovation in the field.
nypost.com
August 27, 2025 at 5:29 AM
8 Women, 4 Bedrooms and 1 Cause: Breaking A.I.’s Glass Ceiling
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/23/b...
8 Women, 4 Bedrooms and 1 Cause: Breaking A.I.’s Glass Ceiling
www.nytimes.com
August 24, 2025 at 12:31 AM
RIP Margaret Boden, a fearless pioneer, philosopher, and cognitive scientist in a field long dominated by men. A trailblazer whose insights into the possibilities and limits of AI continue to provoke thought and inspire.
Thank you and rest in peace Prof. Boden.
🙏🖤

www.nytimes.com/2025/08/14/s...
Margaret Boden, Philosopher of Artificial Intelligence, Dies at 88
www.nytimes.com
August 15, 2025 at 10:09 AM
a *male* billionaire
August 12, 2025 at 9:15 AM
The Gap in the US AI Plan.

We break down what this means for women, why it matters globally, and how the U.S. can course-correct.

bytesizedai1.substack.com/p/the-gap-in...
July 25, 2025 at 6:02 AM
This is OpenAI delivering '...prosperity for all.'

Foxglove's Martha Dark called the OpenAI-UK Govt deal "hopelessly vague".

The potential risks? Privacy, surveillance, consent, accountability, IP rights and more.

@marthadark.bsky.social @foxglovelegal.bsky.social

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
OpenAI and UK sign deal to use AI in public services
The US tech firm behind ChatGPT say it will work with the UK government to 'deliver prosperity for all'.
www.bbc.co.uk
July 23, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Systematic discrimination knows no boundaries, including AI.

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@amydielsi.bsky.social
Study finds A.I. LLMs advise women to ask for lower salaries than men. When prompted w/ a user profile of same education, experience & job role, differing only by gender, ChatGPT advised the female applicant to request $280K salary; Male applicant=$400K.
thenextweb.com/news/chatgpt...
ChatGPT advises women to ask for lower salaries, study finds
A new study has found that large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT consistently advise women to ask for lower salaries than men.
thenextweb.com
July 21, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Women are more skeptical than men about AI, especially its ethics, fairness, and use in workplace decisions, a new U.S. study has found.

www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/ju...
Women more wary than men of artificial intelligence, national study finds
Women are more skeptical than men about artificial intelligence, especially when it comes to ethics, fairness and transparency, according to a national study from Georgetown University, Boston Univers...
www.washingtontimes.com
July 17, 2025 at 2:55 AM
After the controversy over the release of Grok's latest AI companion, we asked Grok to describe 'Ani' from a feminist perspective. The results might surprise you.

Navigating the Digital Heart: Meet ‘Ani’ Grok’s latest AI Companion open.substack.com/pub/bytesize...
Navigating the Digital Heart: Meet ‘Ani’ Grok’s latest AI Companion
We asked Grok to describe Ani from a feminist perspective.
open.substack.com
July 16, 2025 at 5:43 AM
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'Cool' as in maximally misogynistic and based on stereotypes of gender, ethnicity, age, appearance, sexual preference...kind of 'cool'?

Do better.
July 15, 2025 at 2:02 PM
The powerhouse that is Meredith Whittaker and her astute insights into privacy and AI. Highly recommended. @meredithmeredith.bsky.social @bitsoffreedom.bsky.social @dedependance.eu
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July 15, 2025 at 9:18 AM
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NEW: AI 'nudifiers'—one of the biggest generative AI scourges—are likely making millions from abusive images.

Analysis of 85 nudifiers from @indicator.media says they're averaging a combined 18.5 million visitors monthly and in the last six months may have made up to $18m in 6 months
AI 'Nudify' Websites Are Raking in Millions of Dollars
Millions of people are accessing harmful AI “nudify” websites. New analysis says the sites are making millions and rely on tech from US companies.
www.wired.com
July 14, 2025 at 2:45 PM