In AI chatbot studies, women responded more to empathy cues while men favored predictability

Buyer behaviour

Reader Note:: The source lists this as a key finding from its 2020–2025 Gulf-focused research program. It does not say how empathy cues or predictability were operationalized, how sensitivity was assessed, whether this came from sentiment analysis, interviews, or pilots, or how many female and male users were included in the comparison. The statement is gender-segmented but method details for this specific result are not disclosed.
Evidence:: Expert judgment
Vendor interest:: Low
Sample:: 45 GCC government communication case studies; sentiment analysis of Arabic-language engagement on Twitter, WhatsApp, and Instagram; interviews with 18 officials from AI councils and digital transformation units; testing on 3 pilot platforms.

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The source says how much it looked at, but not how any of it was chosen.
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Gemini and ChatGPT lead AI shopping research in the U.S.; 64.0% of AI shoppers use two or more assistants

Share of AI shoppers using each AI assistant in the past 90 days
Assistant used in the past 90 days	Share of AI users (%)
Google Gemini	63.5%
ChatGPT	60%
Amazon's shopping assistant	27.5%
Walmart's shopping assistant	22.5%
Microsoft Copilot	22.4%

89.9%

of AI users on the online-shopper trend base said they verified the assistant’s recommendation before buying

60%–90%

of consumers’ value perception was explained by price perception across multiple subsectors in Deloitte’s regression analysis

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38%

adoption increase in older populations after Dubai Smart ID used a calming tone and simpler biometric explanations in 2021

Only 36% of Gen Z call themselves price-conscious, vs 40% of Millennials, 45% of Gen X and 55% of Boomers

Share of each generation who describe themselves as price-conscious
Generation	Share who describe themselves as price-conscious (%)
Gen Z	36%
Millennials	40%
Gen X	45%
Baby Boomers	55%

86% of both Gen Z and Millennials say a smartphone is their most important device