Two in five Portuguese people use Artificial Intelligence for personal, professional or study tasks. Portugal is above the European average and in 14th position among the 27 EU Member States.
In the generations from 16 to 74 years old, 38,7% of Portuguese people used tools linked to Artificial Intelligence at least once in the last three months. According to data released by Eurostat, there is a clear preference for use for personal purposes.
The numbers indicate that one third (33.18%) acknowledge having used these technologies in personal lifeat some point in the mentioned period. For professional reasons, the data points to one in five (19.93%), while education led one in seven (14.4%) to use them in the last three months.
European average falls less than a third
The numbers indicate that almost one in three (32.66%) of citizens of Member States of the European Union (EU) used those technologies for personal, professional or educational purposes. In the case of euro zone, the numbers go slightly further, up to 34.2%.
By country, Denmark (48.4%), Estonia (46.6%) and Malta (46.5%) lead the EU. Still, the leader, according to Eurostat accounts, comes from abroad. This is Norway, where more than half (56.32%) used AI in the last three months.
In the opposite direction are Romania (17.8%), Italy (19.9%) and Bulgaria (22.5%), with the lowest numbers. Even further below is Turkey (17.19%), which remains an official candidate country to join the EU.