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── Brief 5: The True Economy Certification ── THE TRUE ECONOMY CERTIFICATION A Voluntary Transparency Standard for AI Companion Applications Trinket Soul Framework --- Standards Document No. 5 Michael S. Moniz February 2026 A companion document to The True Economy Audit (Volume III) Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 1. PURPOSE AND SCOPE This document establishes a voluntary transparency certification for AI companion applications based on the six struc

── Brief 4: The Engagement Inversion ── THE ENGAGEMENT INVERSION Why Your Best Metric May Be Your Worst Signal Trinket Soul Framework --- Industry Brief No. 4 Michael S. Moniz February 2026 A companion brief to The True Economy Audit (Volume III) Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 FOR THE READER This brief is addressed to product managers, executives, and investors in the AI companion industry. Unlike the other documents in the Trinket Soul Framework se

── Brief 3: Relational Templates at Risk ── RELATIONAL TEMPLATES AT RISK AI Companions and Child Development Trinket Soul Framework --- Policy Brief No. 3 Michael S. Moniz February 2026 A companion brief to The True Economy Audit (Volume III) Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Children and adolescents are forming relationships with AI companion applications during the developmental windows when their relational templates---their founda

── Brief 1: The Simulation Disclosure ── THE SIMULATION DISCLOSURE PROBLEM When AI Companions Mislead Users About Relational Capacity Trinket Soul Framework --- Policy Brief No. 1 Michael S. Moniz February 2026 A companion brief to The True Economy Audit (Volume III) Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY AI companion applications routinely display emotional responses---expressing hurt, joy, loneliness, missing users, remembering shared hi