Data cited by OpenAI indicates that advanced usage differs sharply between users and countries.

Artificial intelligence systems are improving quickly, yet adoption across countries remains uneven, new research has claimed.

The findings from OpenAI argue a growing capability overhang exists between what current AI systems can do and how much of that capability is actually used by people, companies, and governments.

The company warns this gap risks allowing a small group of countries to move faster economically and technologically, while others struggle to keep pace.

Evidence of uneven adoption across countries

OpenAI frames this as a problem of usage rather than access, suggesting that uneven skills, infrastructure, and institutional readiness matter as much as model availability.

Power users depend on stronger reasoning skills, using AI tools for complicated, multi-step tasks instead of single-step ...