1、Flavio CalvinoSenior EconomistOECDJoint work with Luca Fontanelli(University of Brescia)https:/doi.org/10.1787/0fb79bb9-en The views expressed here are those of the authors and cannot be attributed to the OECD or its member countriesA PORTRAIT OF AI ADOPTERS ACROSS COUNTRIESFirm characteristics,asse
2、ts complementarities and productivityUnclassified-Non classifiArtificial intelligence(AI)is rapidly transforming the economic landscape AI is often considered a general-purpose technology whose applications can improve the productivity of adopters Little empirical work has comprehensively analysed p
3、atterns of AI diffusion across firms at the international levelThis paper:Aim:draw a portrait of AI adopters across countries How:pioneering a distributed microdata approach(AI diffuse)based on a common statistical code Coverage:11 countries2 AI has strong potential,but international evidence about
4、its diffusion is still limitedUnclassified-Non classifiThe use of AI is more widespread across large and to some extent across young firms and is prevalent in ICT and Professional servicesComplementary assets are key for AI use ICT skills and training,firm-level digital capabilities,digital infrastr
5、uctureAI users tend to be more productive,especially the largest ones,although these premia do not seem to reflect the use of AI aloneComplementary assets appear to play a key role,with productivity advantages likely related,in most cases,to the selection of more digital and competitive firms into A
6、I use3 Key findingsEXISTING EVIDENCE ON AI USE BY FIRMSUnclassified-Non classifiFirm-level surveys USA(Zolas et al.,2020;Acemoglu et al.,2022;McElheran et al.,2023);DEU(Rammer et al.,2022;Czarnitzki et al.,2022);KOR(Cho et al.,2022)Online job postings USA(Babina et al.,2020;Alekseeva et al.,2021;Ace