As AI use surges across the EU, who are the countries and age groups using it most?

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As AI use surges across the EU, who are the countries and age groups using it most?  Artificial intelligence is rapidly becoming part of EU citizens' everyday lives. However, usage remains uneven across population groups.  READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2026/02/16/as-ai-use-surges-across-the-eu-who-are-the-countries-and-age-groups-using-it-most  Subscribe to our channel. Euronews is available on Dailymotion in 12 languages

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00:00Who is using AI the most in the EU?

00:06Greeks, Danes and Estonians were among the EU citizens using generative AI tools the most in the last three months

00:13of 2025 across 25 EU countries.

00:16Young people on average use generative AI tools by far the most across the EU, with Greece and Estonia showing

00:23the highest levels of people aged between 16 and 24 using it.

00:28By contrast, Romania, Italy and Poland have the lowest shares of citizens claiming to use the Internet for generative AI

00:35tools.

00:36Men in 21 EU countries used AI tools more than women. Estonia, Slovenia, Lithuania and Croatia were the only EU

00:43countries registering the opposite.

00:46In all but one of the EU countries analyzed, citizens with high levels of education use AI tools like chat

00:52GPT the most on average.

00:54The only exception is Ireland, where people with a low level of education use AI tools the most.

01:00Students are the top users of AI tools in all 25 EU countries.

01:05AI adoption is also widespread among those connected to the labor market, including people in employment and those unemployed.

01:12Individuals in households with the highest incomes are the main users in 22 EU countries with the highest value observed

01:19in Slovenia.

01:20On the other hand, Belgian and Slovakian citizens in a household with the lowest income levels reported being the highest

01:27AI users.

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