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Brynjolfsson et al. asked US adults what they'd need to be paid to give up generative AI for a month, and Stanford's 2026 AI Index reports their estimate that total US consumer surplus grew from $112 billion in 2025 to $172 billion in annual consumer surplus by early 2026
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