Women's jobs to be hurt more by AI than men's, McKinsey says
Women are 1.5 times more likely than men to need to change jobs by 2030 thanks to automation by AI in the workforce, according to a study by McKinsey & Co.
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Women are 1.5 times more likely than men to need to change jobs by 2030 thanks to automation by AI in the workforce, according to a study by McKinsey & Co.
The study suggests that lower-wage jobs will be affected the most by AI, and those jobs are held by a higher number of women than their male counterparts.
Women are more at risk of losing their jobs to AI tools like ChatGPT compared to men according to a study that showed a disproportionate number of jobs filled by women will be eliminated by 2030. The study, published by the McKinsey Global Institute found that nearly eight in ten women will be forced to move to another company or lose their job to artificial intelligence and automation in the workplace.
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