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AI Economy<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

One gap, six different answers.<\/h1>\n\n\n

Six expert perspectives on who benefits from AI, and who’s still waiting​<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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Three numbers from the Q1 2026 Global AI Diffusion report don’t fit a single tidy story. AI usage rose to 17.8%. The North-South adoption gap widened to 12.1 percentage points. US developer employment hit a record 2.2 million. AI is spreading faster and the gap is growing wider, both at once. That isn’t a paradox. It’s a choice. We asked six experts the same eight questions about what that means and what to do about it. Where they agree, the direction is clear. Where they don’t, the work is still ahead.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>

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