Artificial intelligence is making it easier for lawyers to complete routine tasks, but new research suggests that women are less likely to use the technology, and this could have professional repercussions.
A working paper on the global use of AI tools, published earlier this year, found that women are 20 per cent less likely to use these technologies, which the researchers noted was a
"remarkably consistent gap".
The research paper, "Global Evidence on Gender Gaps and Generative AI," was written by researchers from Stanford, Harvard, and the University of California.
They examined studies of more than 140,000 people worldwide and found that the gender gap in generative AI use was
"nearly universal".
Author's summary: Women are less likely to use AI tools in the legal profession.