I worked with an "AI data vendor" at work where you'd put in a query and "the AI gave you back a dataset" but it usually took 24hrs, so it was obvious they had

I worked with an "AI data vendor" at work where you'd put in a query and "the AI gave you back a dataset" but it usually took 24hrs, so it was obvious they had humans pulling the data. The company still purchased a data plan. It happens, in this case, they have a unique dataset, though.