The Sleepover Club: Why Do Nearly All Digital Assistants Have Women's Voices and Names?

What do Siri, Alexa, and Google Assistant have in common? They're all girlies!

This week Ione and Halima are exploring gender in the world of technology and artificial intelligence. Is the fact all of our 'virtual assistants' women sexist? Does it reinforce backdated gender roles? Or are we other thinking it?

Ione and Halima break it down, looking at the research and history of female voices in the virtual world.