A Year of Stability in Uncertainty
While most GenAI discourse happens in conferences and podcasts dominated by men, one group of women chose a different path: building a monthly magazine that makes the world of artificial intelligence accessible - including to those who aren't yet inside it.
Orit Litmanovitz Shiber, a GenAI specialist and lecturer, marks 12 months of a GenAI magazine she co-leads with a women's team. In a post published this week, she describes how each month - amid family, career, and external events - the team convenes (Zoom, calls, messages) and produces a new issue.
Why It Matters: Women Are Still a Minority
"The work around the magazine has sometimes been an anchor of sanity and blessed routine for me," she writes. For professionals working in a fast-moving field like AI, the ability to maintain a creative routine is a value in itself.
Litmanovitz Shiber notes what research confirms - statistically, women are still a minority at the GenAI frontier. The latest issue, timed for Women's Month and Passover, was dedicated to spotlighting women at the forefront of the GenAI field.
A Volunteer Content Model
A notable detail Litmanovitz Shiber chooses to highlight: all of this work - writing, editing, interviewing, distribution - is done on a volunteer basis. In an era where "AI content communities" are typically framed as business engines, the magazine is a reminder that a powerful motivation can also be knowledge and value - not only revenue. The initiative fills a genuine gap: women's representation in the AI conversation won't shift unless there is a platform that systematically seeks and amplifies that voice.