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…
Korea's adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) technology exceeds 40%, placing the country at 12th globally, according to a Microsoft report released on Monday. The report indicates that over 40% of Korea's population was utilizing AI in the second quarter, representing a 3.5 percentage point increase from the previous quarter, which propelled the nation up by four ranks as of the end of June. This data is sourced from the global AI diffusion report published by Microsoft.
The global AI usage rate experienced a 1 percentage point rise from 17.8% during the January-March period to 18.8% in the April-June period, as noted in the report. The United Arab Emirates (UAE) led in AI adoption, with a usage rate of 73.3%. Following the UAE were Singapore at 64.3%, Ireland at 49.9%, and France with an estimated rate of 49.6%.
Generally, AI usage was significantly higher in the Global North, comprising wealthy, industrialized nations such as the United States, Korea, Japan, Israel, and New Zealand, at 28.8%. In contrast, the Global South, which includes less developed countries, saw an AI usage rate of 16.2%, creating a 12.6 percentage point gap in AI adoption rates between the two regions.
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