Anthropic study finds men use AI coding agents more than twice as often as women in social science research

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Researchers with typically male names use coding agents than twice as often as those with typically female names, even within the same discipline and career level, according to an Anthropic study. Economists lead at 39%, while education researchers sit at just four percent. The gender gap for coding agents is far wider than for general AI use.