Microsoft researchers said in a Thursday report that global generative-AI adoption reached 16.3% of the world’s population in the three months to December, up from 15.1% previously. The report attributes expanding usage in developing countries to Chinese startup DeepSeek — founded in 2023 — whose free, open-source models and January 2025 R1 release drove high local market shares, notably 89% in China.
Key Points
- 1Report shows global generative-AI adoption rose to 16.3%, up from 15.1%
- 2DeepSeek's free open‑source models and R1 release expanded usage in price‑sensitive developing markets
- 3Practitioners should consider access and distribution as key drivers of regional AI adoption
Scoring Rationale
Microsoft-backed, data-driven findings and global market figures; limited by being observational report without technical benchmark.
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