A new report from Sapio Research and Foxit found that once validation time is factored in, executives using AI in document workflows gain just 16 minutes per week. End users lose 14. Time saved generating content is being absorbed by the time required to trust it. The researchers call this the verification burden. Foxit
For a classroom teacher already stretched thin, that math matters. An AI tool that drafts something in two minutes still requires a person who knows the students, the curriculum, and the community to review everything before it goes anywhere near a child. That review is not optional. It is the job.
The report also found that data privacy and security concerns and trust in AI output were the top two barriers to adoption across all sectors. Those are not technology problems. They are governance problems. And they are exactly what Virginia Code 22.1-20.2:1 was written to address.
“The future of document intelligence will be defined not by the speed of AI adoption, but by the quality of integration, the strength of human judgment, and the trust organizations can build into their workflows.” From the free report: The State of Document Intelligence, 2026