Microsoft AI Diffusion Report — AI Economic Impact & Insights (AIEI), Q1 2026
Microsoft · 2026
Used for:diffusionPct (Q1 2026, back-compat), diffusionTrend (H1 2025 / H2 2025 / Q1 2026), and diffusionDelta (pp change H1 2025 → Q1 2026) on CountryMapDatum: % of working-age population using generative AI, three-period time series, 147 economies including China (H1 16.4%, H2 16.3%, Q1 16.4%). COMPARABILITY CAVEAT: behavior-based survey %; different denominator than Claude.ai usageIndex (observed API sessions). Do NOT merge. Western telemetry may undercount China’s domestic apps (e.g. Doubao, Kimi) — CNNIC reports ~43% genAI penetration vs 16.4% here.
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