{
  "id": 14419640,
  "title": "Men Can’t Stop Faking How Much They Know About AI",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/14/men-cant-stop-faking-how-much-they-know-about-ai-14419640",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-10-14T09:30:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Wired Business",
    "slug": "wired-business",
    "url": "https://www.wired.com/story/men-cant-stop-faking-how-much-they-know-about-ai/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "A new survey of over 5,400 Americans revealed that 73% of male respondents claimed to know who Altman is, while only 53% of men recognized Murati, Milner, and Dalton. But Murati is actually the former CTO of OpenAI and the CEO of Thinking Machine Labs, while Milner and Dalton are fictional. Harvard Kennedy School's Laura Manley, executive director of the Shorenstein Center, observed that men tend to be more optimistic and confident regarding AI. The survey also found that men use AI more frequently and are better at answering factual AI questions, but they are also more likely to be confident in their answers. Women, on the other hand, were more uncertain, with an average of 3.3 questions out of 12 they weren't sure about, compared to 2.3 questions for men. This tendency toward certainty may influence media coverage of AI, as men appear in headlines about AI 14 times more often than women. The study also found that the proportion of women quoted as subject experts in AI was only 29%, despite the fact that the actual AI talent pool is roughly 29% women. Manley believes that more women should be prominently featured as experts to give them a platform to express uncertainty. Despite the overall concern about AI, men rated positive feelings such as curiosity, enthusiasm, and excitement higher than women. The current discourse is dominated by either fear of doom or optimism about abundance, often drowning out voices that express uncertainty.",
  "summary": "More than half of the men surveyed in a new Harvard study claimed to recognize AI leaders who were, in fact, totally fictional.",
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        "title": "Men Can’t Stop Faking How Much They Know About AI",
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        "published": "2026-10-14T09:30:00.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}