Unequal access to digital infrastructure and skills, and the resulting differences in participation across places and social groups.
For the second quarter of 2026, the report gives Microsoft’s estimated generative AI use among people aged 15–64 as 28.8% in the Global North and 16.2% in the Global South. The gap shows unequal uptake. Those figures alone cannot tell us why it exists.
Reports
A source-aware atlas of AI diffusion. Sixteen source groups, with Australian recruitment effects, productivity reports and science workflows kept separate from adoption rates.