AI's Falling Verification Costs Threaten Opacity-Driven Business Models

Articles argue that AI is slashing verification costs, undermining businesses that profit from information asymmetry. As AI cheapens audits and compliance checks, intermediaries, certification bodies, and brand endorsements built on "opaque rents" may be progressively dismantled.

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