{"id":194095,"date":"2025-10-01T06:27:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-01T06:27:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/194095\/"},"modified":"2025-10-01T06:27:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T06:27:10","slug":"almost-half-of-estonians-use-ai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/194095\/","title":{"rendered":"Almost half of Estonians use AI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to a recent internet use and digital skills survey, 564,800 households in Estonia \u2013 95% of all households \u2013 have an internet connection; nearly half of the internet users in Estonia have used artificial intelligence solutions to write text, search for answers to their questions or to create content.<\/p>\n<p>For the first time, the 2025 survey, compiled by Statistics Estonia, the country\u2019s official statistics agency, also collected information on the use of artificial intelligence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe results indicated that nearly half of the internet users in Estonia have used AI solutions to write text, search for answers to their questions or create content, for example,\u201d the statistics agency said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn cities, slightly more than half of internet users also use artificial intelligence. The share in rural areas is slightly lower, but the difference is not significant.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>All in all, there are now 564,800 households in Estonia with an internet connection. Compared with 2024, the number of households with internet access has increased by 20,000.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"853\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Most-common-online-activities-2020-and-2025-1024x853.jpeg\" alt=\"Most common online activities, 2020 and 2025. Chart by Statistics Estonia.\" class=\"wp-image-82400\"  \/>Most common online activities, 2020 and 2025. Chart by Statistics Estonia.<\/p>\n<p>The elderly using more internet \u2013 because statistics<\/p>\n<p>Tiina P\u00e4rson, a leading analyst at Statistics Estonia, said internet use is a common practice among younger and middle-aged people (16\u201354-year-olds), with almost 100% of them using the internet.<\/p>\n<p>Internet use has increased significantly among the elderly. For example, compared with last year, internet use has risen by five percentage points in the 55\u201364 age group and by six percentage points among 65\u201374-year-olds. Compared with 2020, the increase has been even greater, at 11 percentage points among people aged 55\u201364 and 20 percentage points among people aged 65\u201374.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne key factor is the natural change of age groups. People who are already accustomed to using the internet are moving into older age groups, leading to greater digital competence among the elderly,\u201d P\u00e4rson said.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to reading emails and engaging in social media, people are increasingly using online banking services. According to the analyst, 92% of internet users use banking services online, with usage rates being even in both cities and rural areas.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn the one hand, this is due to the convenient availability of the service, and on the other hand, banks themselves have increasingly directed customers to the digital environment,\u201d P\u00e4rson said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"According to a recent internet use and digital skills survey, 564,800 households in Estonia \u2013 95% of all&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":194096,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[174,74],"class_list":{"0":"post-194095","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-internet","8":"tag-internet","9":"tag-technology"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194095","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=194095"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194095\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/194096"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=194095"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=194095"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=194095"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}