AI's great divide deepens while India leverages mass adoption to lead
By Freny Patel ( February 19, 2026, 00:26 GMT | Insight) -- Microsoft vice chair and president Brad Smith cautioned that the world is at a technological crossroads as generative artificial intelligence, entering its fourth year of mainstream adoption, will either "close the great divide or make it even wider." Microsoft vice chair and president Brad Smith cautioned that the world is at a technological crossroads as generative artificial intelligence, entering its fourth year of mainstream adoption, will either "close the great divide or make it even wider."...
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