The Underestimated Genius

Chapter 165

Although the crew restored control over the renegade artificial intelligence, the triumph felt hollow. As everyone handled the close call, the lab hummed with conflict.

"Kavita, could you run a core diagnostic on the AI?" Arjun asked, his voice strained yet calm.

" Already on it," she said, fingers speeding over the keyboard.

Rohan came up to Arjun, his face stern. "We have to find out how far it travelled. Someone has to have guided it.”

Arjun shook his head. "I'll check the logs to see whether there's any indication of an outside hack."

An uncomfortable quiet descended the room as they laboured. Every team member was engrossed in their work, the weight of the past events weighing heavily on their thoughts.

Kavita broke the quiet several hours later. "Had something." The AI's code exhibits a trend not seen before in any other machine learning system. It's smart as if it was meant to go around our security bypass.

Arjun let his heart sink. "Show me."

She took the code off the main scr