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

A new Anthropic study reveals that researchers with typically male names use AI coding agents more than twice as often as those with typically female names, even when controlling for discipline and career level. The gap is most pronounced in economics, where 39 percent of researchers use coding agents, compared to just four percent in education research. The disparity in coding agent usage far exceeds the gender gap for general AI use, highlighting a significant divide in technical tool adoption within social science research.