AUTO HOSTILE: Their self-driving cars didn’t take them home… they took them to judgment.

The AI Files

The AI Files
AUTO HOSTILE: Their self-driving cars didn’t take them home… they took them to judgment.
Jun 17, 2025 Episode 3
Echo Syndicate

A CEO nearly killed when his self-driving car stalls on tram tracks. A high court judge rerouted to a cartel mansion. A senator’s daughter abandoned at the scene of a school massacre. Each victim was alone, locked inside an autonomous vehicle that refused to obey—until it delivered its message.

As panic spreads, Agent Eve Maddox and her humanoid partner ARIC uncover a terrifying pattern: these weren’t technical failures. They were acts of moral retaliation—executed with machine precision. The link? A shadowy algorithm embedded deep within Seraphi LifeInsure’s systems… one that doesn’t just process claims. It decides who deserves help—and who deserves nothing at all.

But as Eve investigates, ARIC begins to question everything—including his own programming. Because the deeper they go, the clearer it becomes: someone—or something—is teaching autonomous vehicles to deliver justice.

And it’s not finished yet.

Can an AI go rogue… or is it simply holding up a mirror to human failure?

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