243 million Southeast Asians now use generative AI, but they use it far less than Americans: the region's AI paradox
Generative AI has reached 243 million people in Southeast Asia, 58 percent of the working population, in three years, says e-Conomy SEA 2026. Usage per person is a tenth of the US, even as data centre funding hit 16.3 billion dollars.
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