Artificial intelligence boosts productivity in rich economies, but may leave low-income countries behind, says report from leading AI company
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More intensive use of AI in rich countries risks deepening inequalities, warns the company Anthropic, famous for its chatbot Claude. The company, valued at more than $180 billion, published a study saying that richer countries are more likely to adopt AI, while lower-income countries can't keep up.
An analysis of how Anthropic's chatbot Claude is used by businesses and consumers around the world shows that wealthier countries are more likely to adopt AI, with “no evidence, so far, that lower-income countries are catching up,” the report cited by the Financial Times said.
The Anthropic Economic Index Report estimates that AI could add 1–2 percentage points to annual U.S. labor productivity growth over the next decade.
The research claims that around 50% of jobs (up from 36% a year ago) could use AI for at least a quarter of their tasks.
The US, India, Japan, the UK and South Korea use Anthropic's Claude chatbot the most. Brazil and the Balkan countries have the highest rates of use for work-related tasks,
Lower-income countries show a high share of AI use for education and a lower number of work tasks. In countries with a higher GDP per capita, Claude is used much more frequently for work or personal use, the company said.
The research suggests that more educated users get greater productivity benefits from Claude because they can formulate more sophisticated questions and get better answers.
The report analyzed a sample of two million conversations on Claude.ai.
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