The Digital Divide Is Bigger Than Ever — AI Subscriptions Are Out of R

80% of Companies Can Use AI. Only 30% Do. Here's the 50-Poi… · Mar 14, 2026 Society & Culture

A €30/month AI subscription is affordable for a Western university student. For a student in Africa, it represents the same financial sacrifice as a €200 subscription does for someone in Europe. The internet was free — AI is not. Without solving this access problem, AI will widen global inequality rather than close it.