{
  "id": 10335358,
  "title": "Korea's AI adoption rate over 40%, ranks 12th place globally: report",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/28/koreas-ai-adoption-rate-over-40-ranks-12th-place-globally-report",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-09-28T02:02:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/business/tech-science/20260928/koreas-ai-adoption-rate-over-40-ranks-12th-place-globally-report"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "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.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Yonhap News",
        "title": "S. Korea's AI adoption rate over 40 pct, ranks 12th place globally: report",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/28/s-koreas-ai-adoption-rate-over-40-pct-ranks-12th-place-globally-report",
        "published": "2026-09-28T01:23:56.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "Korea's AI adoption rate over 40%, ranks 12th place globally: report",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/28/koreas-ai-adoption-rate-over-40-ranks-12th-place-globally-report-10338698",
        "published": "2026-09-28T02:17:03.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}