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   "text": "Privacy rules, copyright, and the uneven global distribution of digital connectivity independently reduce both the availability and the diversity of human-generated text for AI training.",
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   "text": "The digital divide among legal professionals complicates equitable adoption of AI and may exacerbate rather than reduce disparities in access to justice.",
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   "text": "Because LER rewards favor technologically capable holders, the program risks entrenching inequality among shareholders and inviting ESG backlash and reputational cost.",
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