{"id":2853,"date":"2026-04-01T04:32:27","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T04:32:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/?p=2853"},"modified":"2026-04-01T04:32:27","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T04:32:27","slug":"sheryl-sandberg-tapped-a-25-year-old-to-run-lean-in-heres-her-plan-to-close-the-ai-gender-gap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/?p=2853","title":{"rendered":"Sheryl Sandberg tapped a 25-year-old to run Lean In. Here’s her plan to close the AI gender gap"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Women are\u00a0falling behind\u00a0on AI adoption, and former Meta COO Sheryl Sandberg knows it. That\u2019s why she\u2019s\u00a0refocusing her women\u2019s leadership nonprofit, Lean In,\u00a0on closing the AI gender gap \u2014 and installing a 25-year-old to lead the charge.<\/p>\n

A\u00a0new survey\u00a0of 1,000 U.S. adults from Lean In found that\u00a033% of men use AI daily, compared to 27% of women. While the gap\u00a0is closing, even small differences could have outsized impacts over time, Sandberg told Fortune.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe all know that AI is already starting to,\u00a0and has the power to transform how we work, who\u2019s in the workforce, how we live, how we communicate,\u201d Sandberg said.<\/p>\n

On March 24, Sandberg announced Bridget Griswold, a 25-year-old former Meta product manager, as the new CEO of Lean In.\u00a0Despite public criticism of Griswold\u2019s age and limited nonprofit experience, Sandberg said the nonprofit was looking for an \u201cAI native\u201d with a product background \u2014 and Griswold fit the bill.<\/p>\n

The appointment comes amid turbulence: the\u00a0Sandberg Goldberg Bernthal Family Foundation, which includes Lean In,\u00a0shed a quarter of its staff over the last year through layoffs and voluntary departures, The Wall Street Journal recently\u00a0reported.<\/p>\n

Lean In\u2019s pivot to AI comes as only half of companies are prioritizing women\u2019s career advancement, and more than 30% are placing\u00a0little to no priority on advancing women of color, according to the organization\u2019s 2025\u00a0Women in the Workplace\u00a0report. Women\u2019s jobs are three times more likely to be automated by AI \u2014 and their vulnerability is compounded by underrepresentation in AI leadership and development.<\/p>\n

Women are more likely than men to feel threatened, overwhelmed, and like they\u2019re \u201ccheating\u201d when using AI, the study found. They\u2019re also more likely to avoid AI due to ethics and accuracy concerns.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese are great concerns to have, and it\u2019s\u00a0awesome that women care about ethics and\u00a0not cheating. But what\u2019s really concerning is that this might inadvertently cause women to use AI less than men,\u201d Griswold told Fortune.<\/p>\n

The survey found that men are 27% more likely to have been praised\u00a0for using AI,\u00a0and women are 23% less likely to receive manager support to use it.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe managers who are encouraging the men to use AI and not the women\u00a0\u2014 they may not even know they\u2019re doing it,\u201d Sandberg said, adding that biases against women are often unintentional. \u201cWhen you surface those biases, when you tell people,\u00a0you tell managers, look, that the overall data says\u00a0you\u2019re encouraging men more than women\u00a0\u2014 that is the first step to correcting that bias.\u201d<\/p>\n

New Era at Lean In<\/p>\n

Griswold joined Lean In as head of product and AI in January, and by March she\u00a0had replaced longtime CEO and co-founder Rachel Thomas. She said to accomplish Lean In\u2019s goal of getting more women into leadership, they need to use AI.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe hope that Lean In can be a place that encourages [young women] to use AI and actually\u00a0[produces] real results,\u201d she said, adding that she hopes it can be a place where women build their confidence and accelerate their careers.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe need to make sure that we are focused on helping women of the next generation lead, and product and AI are going to be so critical to that, which is one of the many reasons we\u2019re very lucky that Bridget has stepped into the leadership role,\u201d Sandberg said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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