Korea's AI adoption rate over 40%, ranks 12th place globally: report
Korea was ranked 12th place in the global artificial intelligence (AI) diffusion scale, with more than 40 percent of the population using the technology in the second quarter, a report from Microsoft Corp. showed Monday. Generative AI usage rate among Koreans aged 15 to 64 rose 3.5 percentage points from the previous quarter, bringing the country up by four ranks as of end-June, according to the…
According to a report from Microsoft Corp., Korea's adoption rate of artificial intelligence (AI) technology has surpassed 40 percent of the population, placing the country at 12th globally in AI diffusion according to a global AI diffusion report. The report, published by the U.S. software developer, noted that the generative AI usage rate among Koreans aged 15 to 64 increased by 3.5 percentage points from the previous quarter, bringing the country up by four ranks as of end-June.
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) led AI adoption with a usage rate of 73.3 percent, followed by Singapore at 64.3 percent, Ireland at 49.9 percent and France at 49.6 percent. The report also highlighted that AI usage rate was significantly higher in the Global North (28.8 percent) compared to the Global South (16.2 percent), widening the adoption gap to 12.6 percentage points.
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