Anthropic study finds gender gap in AI coding agent use among social science researchers
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Matthias Bastian
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Summary
Anthropic conducted a study on how social scientists use AI, finding that researchers with typically male names use AI coding agents (like Claude Code) more than twice as often as those with typically female names. This gender gap persists even within the same disciplines and career levels. The study also found wide variation by field, with economists leading adoption at 39% and education researchers at just 4%. General AI usage is fairly even across groups, but coding agents show stark disparities.
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The gap holds even within the same disciplines and career levels.
Economists lead at 39 percent, while education researchers sit at just four percent.
General AI usage is fairly even across groups, but coding agents show stark disparities.
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