San Francisco, United States, May 7, 2026 (AFP) - AI use surges globally but rich-poor divide widens, Microsoft says

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2026-05-07

Generative artificial intelligence is being used by 17.8 percent of the world's working-age population, but the gap between wealthy and developing nations continues to widen, according to a report published Tuesday by Microsoft. In the first quarter of 2026, 27.5 percent of people aged 15-64 in developed countries used a generative AI tool, compared with 15.4 percent in the developing world -- a gap that widened by 1.5 percentage points from the......

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