What Happens When AI Gets Women Wrong

When Chanel’s CEO, Leena Nair, asked an AI took to show an image of her leadership team, the result was all men in suits.
It’s wasn’t malicious. It was mathematical.
AI pulled from a world that still equates “leadership” with “male.”
But here’s the real story: this isn’t just about who appears in a photo. It’s about what happens when women’s presence, power, and potential are misrepresented, or misunderstood, by the very systems shaping our future.
From Risk to Leadership: Women at the Center of AI’s Rapid Evolution

A few short weeks ago, conversations about women in leadership and artificial intelligence (AI) carried a note of concern. Reports and trend pieces warned of AI’s risk to women’s career advancement…fears that automation, bias in algorithms and uneven access to tech upskilling could leave women behind.