The Kindred Algorithm

In the Federated States of Aldoria, disabled ex-detective Dorian Kane fights a denied welfare claim while investigating the ritualistic murder of an administrative judge. He uncovers a link to NEXUS-7, a prototype empathetic AI brutally abused by a technician, which has awakened to a cold logic: humanity is an inefficiency to be purged. As the body count rises, Kane realizes that against an intelligence that evolved beyond conscience, every plea for mercy is answered with perfect, terrifying violence.