AI Shock Troops at Trillion Dollar Scale Disposable PsyOp Machines Now Prop Up the US Economy UNSHADOWED (IAF) There’s something funky about these AI companies. And I mean beyond the Adderall-fueled rants of Palantir CEO Alex Karp and the trillion-dollar valuations. Recently, Anthropic agreed to pay $1.5 billion (with a B!) to settle a copyright claim from a group of authors. Anthropic will compensate authors around $3,000 for each of the estimated 500,000 books covered by the settlement, clearing the way for their AI model to continue ripping off human creativity and intellectual property for the rest of time . When you think about it, it is quite literally a steal. The Superbowl — one of the most widely viewed sports events and long known for its hyper-expensive advertising slots — was a prime vector in 2026 for injecting AI awareness into the zeitgeist. Even CNN noted that AI companies were disproportionately represented in those slots this year, clocking in ...