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The gender gap in AI has been a topic of discussion for years, but have we made real progress? Let's look at the cold, hard facts: In 2018, the World Economic Forum reported that only 22% of AI professionals worldwide were women. Our latest study at interface (formerly SNV), analyzing 2024 data on nearly 1.6 million AI professionals worldwide, shows this statistic hasn't budged an inch. This stagnation is occurring despite AI-Tech jobs growing nine times since 2015. The question isn't whether we can afford to address this imbalance – it's whether we can afford not to. I would love to hear your thoughts on our new quantitative analysis of the diversity crisis in the global AI talent pool. Ruggero Marino Lazzaroni Paula Mendoza Giraldo Check out the report here: https://lnkd.in/eV8YUvXy Thanks to the incredible team at interface for making this report possible.

Negli scorsi mesi, nel mio ruolo di Data Scientist in Interface (think tank sui diritti digitali & AI policy), ho condotto uno studio sul mercato del lavoro globale del campo AI, insieme alla collega Siddhi Pal e alla nostra summer fellow Paula Mendoza Giraldo. Vediamo cosa abbiamo scoperto. 📊 Partiamo con il grafico qua sotto che dà uno snapshot sulla migrazione dei potenziali lavoratori AI. Cosa ci dice? ▪️ Esiste una vera e propria 'caccia globale' ai talenti AI 🎯 ▪️ 🇺🇸 USA, 🇬🇧 UK e 🇨🇳 Cina emergono come principali 'importatori' di competenze ▪️ 🇮🇳 India e 🇨🇳 Cina sono tra i maggiori 'esportatori' di talenti, insieme a varie nazioni europee ▪️ All'interno dell'UE 🇪🇺, osserviamo movimenti significativi tra i vari stati membri Ma c'è di più! Il nostro studio ha anche esaminato il divario di genere in questo settore in rapida evoluzione: ▪️ 🇮🇹 Sorprendentemente, l'Italia si posiziona al secondo posto in Europa per proporzione di donne nel settore AI (30,9%), dietro solo alla 🇫🇮 Finlandia (43,3%) ▪️ Milano emerge come hub AI di rilievo, tra le top 20 città europee per talento nel settore 🏙️ ▪️ Tuttavia, a livello globale, le donne rappresentano solo il 22% del talent pool dell'AI 👩💻 Il nostro report suggerisce che, per i paesi UE 🇪🇺 attrarre talento straniero, specialmente se femminile, potrebbe essere una buona strategia per rimanere competitivi rispetto agli altri giganti del settore, come USA🇺🇸 e UK🇬🇧. Trovate il link al report nei commenti. Ci farebbe molto piacere sapere cosa ne pensate!

The gender gap in AI has been a topic of discussion for years, but have we made real progress? Let's look at the cold, hard facts: In 2018, the World Economic Forum reported that only 22% of AI professionals worldwide were women. Our latest study at interface (formerly SNV), analyzing 2024 data on nearly 1.6 million AI professionals worldwide, shows this statistic hasn't budged an inch. This stagnation is occurring despite AI-Tech jobs growing nine times since 2015. The question isn't whether we can afford to address this imbalance – it's whether we can afford not to. I would love to hear your thoughts on our new quantitative analysis of the diversity crisis in the global AI talent pool. Ruggero Marino Lazzaroni Paula Mendoza Giraldo Check out the report here: https://lnkd.in/eV8YUvXy Thanks to the incredible team at interface for making this report possible.

🚨 The publication 𝘼𝙄'𝙨 𝙈𝙞𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙇𝙞𝙣𝙠: 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙂𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧 𝙂𝙖𝙥 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙏𝙖𝙡𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙋𝙤𝙤𝙡,” in which I collaborated with interface (formerly SNV), is out now! ⬇ Click here to get insights on the 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝘄𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻 in the global and European Union AI talent pool, as well as the policies some countries have implemented to close this gap: https://lnkd.in/e-3uRBSt Some of my highlights 💡 ▶️ 𝗪𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝟮𝟮% 𝗼𝗳 𝗔𝗜 𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗻𝘁 globally, with even lower representation at senior levels—occupying less than 14% of senior executive roles in AI. ▶️ 𝗚𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘆 and 𝗦𝘄𝗲𝗱𝗲𝗻 have some of the 𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗳𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 in their AI workforces in the EU, at 20.3% and 22.4% respectively. ▶️ Even in leading AI hubs, gender balance remains a challenge. In 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗸𝗳𝘂𝗿𝘁, a major European tech center, just 19% of AI talent are women. ▶️ 𝗘𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺 their Western European counterparts in maintaining a balanced male-female ratio within the AI workforce. ⚠️ The underrepresentation of women in AI not only represents a 𝗹𝗼𝘀𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗽𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗻𝘁 in one of the most crucial industries of our time but also risks 𝗲𝘅𝗮𝗰𝗲𝗿𝗯𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗯𝗶𝗮𝘀𝗲𝘀 in the AI systems we create. 𝗗𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗹𝘂𝘀𝗶𝘃𝗲, 𝗳𝗮𝗶𝗿, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗔𝗜 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗶𝗲𝘀. My profound appreciation to Siddhi Pal, Ruggero Marino Lazzaroni and the talented team at interface (formerly SNV) for bringing me on board this meaningful project. It was truly a privilege to work with you! 🙌

Siddhi Pal & Ruggero Marino Lazzaroni haben die Daten von 1,6 Millionen KI-Fachkräften weltweit analysiert. Europas und insbesondere Deutschlands KI-Sektor fehlen die Frauen. 🔵 Frauen machen nur 22% des globalen KI-Talentepools aus; 🔵 weniger als 15% besetzen höhere Führungspositionen; 🔵 in der EU liegt Deutschland bei der Geschlechterverteilung auf dem vorletzten Platz (20% Frauen); 🔵 selbst KI-Zentren wie Berlin weisen einen geringen Frauenanteil auf (21%). Alle heute veröffentlichten Daten: https://lnkd.in/erd3jBee

Have a great start at the OECD Jan-Peter Kleinhans! May your chips never run out 🩵 Read more: https://lnkd.in/dvB4wVtG

We are hiring a senior policy researcher for EU platform regulation. Focus: DSA & digital advertising market ✅ work from anywhere in the EU ✅ salary range of 55.000-60.000 EUR ✅ annual leave entitlement of 30 days Full job description: https://lnkd.in/e3eYM5jc

[Musings on recent travel] I was worried that I'll be spreading myself too thin with three engagements on different themes within one week .... but I must say that I enjoyed each and every stage of my journey trying to contribute to timely discussions on the governance of security in our democracies. ▶ Last Friday, Corbinian Ruckerbauer and I took to the stage of netzpolitik.org's #BildetNetze conference in Berlin. We shed light on the current deficits and options for necessary regulatory reforms with respect to the German armed forces' SIGINT practice and oversight. It was great to have such an interest in this important topic that, we believe, deserves far more public scrutiny. ▶ On Tuesday, I moderated a discussion at the #EDEN2024 Conference at Europol in The Hague with Erin Prest, Jürgen Ebert and Thomas Zerdick. The discussion focused, among other things, on the tools that law enforcement and national security agencies use to fight against serious crime and terrorism. We discussed the different roles that internal data protection officers (Europol) and Privacy and Civil Liberties Officers (FBI) play and how they can best interact with external data protection supervisors (e.g. EDPS) to prevent disproportionate government access to data. As one case in point, we discussed the challenges that law enforcement agencies' recourse to publicly and commercially available data pose to fundamental rights and the performance of effective oversight. ▶ On Wednesday, I joined Alex Joel and Christian Wiese Svanberg and Nikolaus Forgó on a panel featuring different perspectives on the legal and political challenges to data protection posed by foreign security surveillance regimes. It was an honour to speak at this event at the Austrian Academy of Sciences in Vienna. The panel was very aptly chaired by Robert Spano, former President of the European Court of Human Rights (who presided over the Grand Chamber in the #BigBrotherWatch v UK case there). The event was held under Chatham House Rule and featured two other excellent panels, a stimulating keynote and candid concluding remarks by renowned heavy-hitters of the cross-border data transfer debate who reminded us of the continued need for ideas, policy action (incl. from the European Commission and Human Rights and the Rule of Law) I want to thank the organisers of each conference for accepting our submission (Netzpolitik) or for inviting me to engage on these complex and important topics. Thanks a lot Jan Ellermann, Daniel Drewer, Burkhard Hess, Kenneth Propp. Thanks to the (co-)panellists for sharing their much-valued expertise and for being candid in doing so. Many thanks also for the many incredibly professional facilitators behind these diverse and extremely interesting events. They would not have been possible without much hard work in the background.

A great (paid) opportunity for students in Germany- We're looking for a Student Assistant to join our AI & Labour Markets research team at interface (formerly SNV)! 📊 Analyze AI talent flows, workforce trends, and gender disparities 🌍 Contribute to shaping EU tech policies 💼 8-12 hours/week, starting Oct 2024 💰 727€/month + benefits Ideal candidate? A curious mind with a passion for AI and/or Labour Markets, a knack for data, and a drive to shape Europe's tech future! I am happy to answer any questions via DMs! https://lnkd.in/d2H5Je-i

[JOB OFFER] interface (formerly SNV)'s digital public sphere program Do you have knowledge of or can demonstrate a keen interest in the online advertising industry from a practical, legal and/or economic perspective (e.g., regarding tracking, privacy, consumer protection, cybersecurity or competition)? 👇 https://lnkd.in/ebFz_Y8F PS: The successful applicant will work with *Julian Jaursch*. That is one fat bonus that will go a long way imho.