Generative AI reached 53% adoption in three years, faster than the personal computer or the internet — but unevenly: Singapore sits at 61% and the UAE at 64%, while Stanford's AI Index finds the US is 24th for generative AI adoption, at 28.3%
The Stanford AI Index's 2026 report on the economy found that generative AI reached 53% adoption within three years, a faster rate than the personal computer or the internet. This adoption varies globally, with Singapore at 61% and the UAE at 64%. The United States ranks 24th in generative AI adoption, at 28.3%.
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The country that builds the most AI is not the one using it most, so leadership and uptake differ.
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- Stanford's 2026 AI Index, citing McKinsey's 2025 survey, breaks down AI-agent deployment by business function. Even in IT, the function with the most agent activity, the share of organisations reporting no AI-agent use at all in 2025 was still 69% of organizations report zero AI-agent use in IT, the business function with the heaviest agent activity
- Stanford's 2026 AI Index reports that organizations' use of generative AI specifically, not just AI overall, grew sharply in 2025: the share of organizations that regularly use generative AI in at least one business function reached 79%, up from 71% in 2024
- Stanford's 2026 AI Index compared generative AI's adoption curve after its mass-market debut to that of earlier transformative technologies, and found generative AI reached 53% population adoption within three years, faster than the PC or the internet
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