If intelligence gets cheap, what stays scarce?

Evidence(5)

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   Court holds lawyers responsible for checking AI-generated filings

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   22 Jun 2023

   In Mata v. Avianca, a sanctions order affirmed attorneys’ gatekeeping responsibility for the accuracy of their filings.

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   Generating a filing does not transfer legal responsibility to the tool. This distinguishes cheap production from authority and accountability.

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2. 

   Court finds infringement of Thomson Reuters headnotes

   [15]

   11 Feb 2025

   A district court found that Ross Intelligence infringed 2,243 Thomson Reuters editorial headnotes.

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   Salesforce announces a per-action Agentforce tariff

   [18]

   15 May 2025

   Salesforce published pricing of 20 Flex Credits, or $0.10, per Agentforce action.

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4. 

   Pew reports fewer outbound clicks on searches with AI summaries

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   22 Jul 2025

   Pew reported that users clicked a traditional search result in 8% of observed Google visits with an AI summary, versus 15% without one.

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5. 

   IEA updates its data-center electricity outlook

   [20]

   16 Apr 2026

   The IEA published a projection of 950 TWh of global electricity use by all data centers in 2030, compared with 485 TWh in 2025.

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