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Men Use AI Coding Tools Twice as Much as Women in Social Science, Anthropic Finds
An Anthropic study of social scientists found that men use AI coding agents—tools that automatically write code—more than twice as often as women, with the gap persisting across disciplines and career levels. Economists and early-career researchers at top universities are the heaviest adopters, with code generation for data analysis being the dominant use case at 97%. While 88% of respondents are optimistic about AI boosting their own productivity, 70% are more skeptical about its broader impact on their field, citing concerns about peer review overload and research quality.
DeepSeek Is Building Its Own Coding Agent to Take On Claude Code and Codex
Deepseek is developing a new AI coding agent called "Deepseek Code," designed to compete directly with Anthropic's Claude Code, OpenAI's Codex, and Cursor. The Chinese AI company is forming a dedicated "Harness" team in Beijing, hiring a product manager and developer to build the agent's tooling, planning, and memory capabilities around its existing models. Candidates are expected to have hands-on experience with rival coding tools and expertise in areas like agent loops, multi-agent systems, and context engineering.