{"id":242422,"date":"2026-05-09T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/09\/taiwan-makes-it-to-top-20-in-report-on-ai-diffusion\/"},"modified":"2026-05-09T12:45:18","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T16:45:18","slug":"taiwan-makes-it-to-top-20-in-report-on-ai-diffusion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/09\/taiwan-makes-it-to-top-20-in-report-on-ai-diffusion\/","title":{"rendered":"Taiwan makes it to top 20 in report on AI diffusion"},"content":{"rendered":"

Taiwan makes it to top 20 in report on AI diffusion<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.taipeitimes.com\/News\/front\/archives\/2026\/05\/10\/2003857058<\/a><\/p>\n

Publish Date: 2026-05-09 12:00:00<\/a><\/p>\n

Source Domain: www.taipeitimes.com<\/a><\/p>\n

\n ECONOMIC TRANSFORMATION: <\/span>
\n Taiwan ranked ahead of the US, Denmark and Germany, which placed 21st, 22nd and 23rd respectively, in use of generative AI <\/h2>\n

Taiwan recorded the world\u2019s 20th-highest artificial intelligence (AI) diffusion rate in the first quarter of this year, entering the top 20 for the first time, a report released by a Microsoft think tank showed. <\/p>\n

In the AI Economy Institute report published on Thursday, Taiwan recorded a generative AI usage rate of 31.8 percent of its working population, rising from 23rd place in the second half of last year. <\/p>\n

Taiwan ranked ahead of the US, Denmark and Germany, which placed 21st, 22nd and 23rd with rates of 31.3 percent, 31.2 percent and 31.1 percent respectively. <\/p>\n

Photo: Reuters<\/p>\n

Taiwan and Japan posted increases of 3.4 percentage points from the previous quarter, tying for the sixth-largest gain. <\/p>\n

South Korea, ranked 16th globally with a diffusion rate of 37.1 percent, recorded the largest increase at 6.4 percentage points. <\/p>\n

The report measured the share of people aged 15 to 64 using generative AI across 147 economies. <\/p>\n

Globally, the AI diffusion rate reached 17.8 percent in the first quarter of this year, up 1.5 percentage points from the second half of last year, the report said. <\/p>\n

A total of 26 economies recorded diffusion rates above 30 percent. <\/p>\n

The United Arab Emirates and Singapore were the only two economies with diffusion rates exceeding 50 percent, at 70.1 percent and 63.4 percent respectively. <\/p>\n

The two nations were followed by Norway, Ireland, France, Spain, New Zealand, the UK, the Netherlands and Qatar. <\/p>\n

The report also said that 12 of the 15 economies with the sharpest increases…<\/p>\n

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