The AI industry is booming. Women are getting left behind

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Women hold just a fraction of new AI jobs but are overrepresented in roles with high risk of AI disruption There’s a common fear among people who work in Silicon Valley: snag one of the fast-growing, high-paying jobs in artificial intelligence, or ge…

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  • Reported by The Guardian and published Sun, 04 Oct 2026 13:00:29 UTC.

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