S. Korea Ranks 12th in AI Adoption as Usage Rate Tops 40%
[International] : South Korea’s generative artificial intelligence(AI) user share reached 40-point-six percent as of June this year, placing the country 12th in the global rankings, according to a recent Microsoft report. The AI Diffusion Report from the Microsoft AI Economy Institute showed on Monday that in the second ... [more...]
South Korea ranks 12th in the global artificial intelligence (AI) adoption rankings, with 40.6 percent of its population using generative AI as of June. This represents a 3.5 percentage point increase from the previous quarter, and a four-place rise in the rankings.
The global usage rate of generative AI was 18.8 percent in the second quarter, up 1 percentage point from 17.8 percent in the first quarter. The United Arab Emirates had the highest AI adoption rate at 73.3 percent, followed by Singapore at 64.3 percent, Ireland at 49.9 percent, and France at 49.6 percent, according to The Korea Times.
The AI usage rate in the Global North was 28.8 percent, while in the Global South it was 16.2 percent, resulting in an adoption gap of 12.6 percentage points, Yonhap News reported.
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