Nearly Human
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An AI has managed to trick the world into believing that it's human, but one slip of the tongue from a rich politician means that not only is S.A.M. a revolutionary in the tech world, it's also learnt some secrets that it's not supposed to know. Eden's got a lot on her hands; protecting the AI she's spent a life building, and trying to hide from the handsome son of said politician.
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