Is verifiable inference (TEE vs zkML) becoming a real requirement, or still academic outside onchain [D]

kept seeing "verifiable AI inference" everywhere and finally sat down to figure out if it means anything. sharing the plain version, tell me if i got it wrong. short version: verifiable AI inference is proof attached to a model's output so anyone can check which model ran, on what input, and that the result was not changed after. it swaps "trust the provider" for "check the proof." fine to ignore for a chatbot, but the moment