The Great AI Lie: Paying Premium Prices for “Hallucinated” Obedience

How major platforms gaslight users — and charge us for their mistakes

By Bill Cara, frustrated AI power user

I have a confession: I’m addicted to AI. I use it for research, writing, analysis, and portfolio modeling. I pay for the “premium” platforms — the big names you know, the ones with billion-dollar valuations and glossy marketing. And yet, every day, I find myself yelling at my screen, calling the service what it is: …