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Working-age Americans in cities are nearly twice as likely to use AI as those in rural communities, according to a new report from Microsoft, shared first with Axios.

Why it matters: The uneven spread of AI adoption could deepen existing economic opportunity gaps across the U.S., Microsoft president Brad Smith said in an interview.