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TRUVACE RECORD VERSION
record: TRV-2026-2867
version: 1
kind: certified
reason: Certified into the record
timestamp: 2026-11-12T18:02:48.573946Z
status: published
lens: p_space
sector: lifestyle
headline: The Gender Gap in AI
dek: Men and women now use AI chatbots at similar rates, but men use them more often, while women are more skeptical of AI's impact on their lives.
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problem_title: In a Pew Research Center survey of U.S. adults conducted Feb. 17-23, 2026, women were about twice as likely to expect AI to affect them negatively over the next 20 years as positively (33% vs. 17%), and 68% said AI is advancing too quickly versus 58% of men.
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problem_reading: In a Pew Research Center survey of U.S. adults conducted Feb. 17-23, 2026, women were about twice as likely to expect AI to affect them negatively over the next 20 years as positively (33% vs. 17%), and 68% said AI is advancing too quickly versus 58% of men.
problem_evidence: women are about twice as likely to say AI will have a negative impact on them personally over the next 20 years than a positive one (33% vs. 17%) | Majorities of Americans believe AI is moving too fast, but women are more likely than men to say this (68% vs. 58%).
quick_read: A Pew Research Center survey of U.S. adults, conducted Feb. 17-23, 2026, finds men and women now use AI chatbots at similar rates, but women are more negative about AI's future. Women were about twice as likely to expect a negative personal impact over the next 20 years as a positive one (33% vs. 17%), while men were roughly evenly split.

The overall chatbot usage gap has closed. Two years earlier, men were 11 percentage points more likely than women to say they had used a chatbot. Men still use chatbots daily more often (27% vs. 20%) and say more often that chatbots help their productivity (35% vs. 25%).

The differences extend to views on societal impact and pace. 43% of women expect AI to affect society negatively versus 36% of men, and 68% of women say AI is advancing too quickly versus 58% of men. Pew says the pattern also appears in other surveys of teenagers and AI experts.
limitation: Chatbot use in 2024 was measured with a different question, asked only of people who had heard at least a little about chatbots, so the comparison with 2026 is not like for like.
tag: Evidence-backed problem
key_points: Overall chatbot use is now about even: 47% of women and 50% of men say they ever use one, a gap that stood at 11 percentage points in 2024. | ChatGPT use is identical at 44% for men and women, while men are more likely to use Gemini (29% vs. 20%), Copilot (22% vs. 13%) and Grok (11% vs. 4%). | Men are more likely to use chatbots daily (27% vs. 20%) and to feel extremely or very confident using them (22% vs. 15%). | 35% of men say chatbots help their productivity, against 25% of women. | Men are more likely to use chatbots to search for information (45% vs. 39%) and for work tasks among employed adults (40% vs. 35%); women are slightly more likely to seek emotional support or advice (11% vs. 8%). | Men are likelier to say they have heard a lot about AI (55% vs. 41%) and about chatbots (48% vs. 38%). | Women are more likely to have a smartwatch (40% vs. 34%), while more men read AI summaries atop search results (63% vs. 57%).
rundown: Pew's figures show the adoption gap closing. Among all U.S. adults, 49% say they use chatbots, with 50% of men and 47% of women. The 2024 question was asked only of people who had heard at least a little about chatbots, so the comparison is not exact.

Regular use and brand choice still differ. Men are more likely to report daily use, and to use Gemini, Copilot, Grok and Claude. Meta AI is the one chatbot women use slightly more (15% vs. 13%).

Reasons for use are broadly similar: search and work tasks top the list for both groups. Men are somewhat more likely to use chatbots for fun, news and information searches. Differences on medical advice (21% vs. 19%), diet and fitness information, and companionship are small or absent.

Attitudes diverge more sharply. Only 11% of women expect a positive effect on society, versus 22% of men. On personal impact, 29% of men expect a positive effect against 17% of women. Men are about 10 percentage points more likely to say AI is advancing at about the right pace.
sources:
- journalism | Pew Research Center | https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2026/10/16/the-gender-gap-in-ai/ | 2026-10-16
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