Men Lead in Advanced Chatbot Use

A 2026 Pew survey shows men and women are now roughly equally likely to have ever used chatbots, but men are more likely to be regular users and to use workplace‑focused or advanced models (e.g., Gemini, Copilot, Grok). Women report greater skepticism about AI’s personal impact. This produces an adoption gap in intensity and product mix even where binary access is similar. — If men disproportionately use more powerful or work‑oriented AI tools, the gendered intensity of adoption can widen workplace advantage, shape product design, and alter debates about equitable AI policy and training.