America builds the world's AI — and ranks 21st for actually using it. Microsoft's Q1 2026 report: 31.3% of US working-age adults, the slowest growth of any major economy.

Leaders: UAE 70.1%. Norway, Ireland, France, Spain, the Netherlands all above 40%.

South Korea's AI usage jumped 43.2% in a year — the largest on Earth. 10 of the 15 fastest-growing markets are Asian.

Q1 2026 global: 17.8% use AI. North–South gap: 27.5% vs 15.4%.

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