Virtual assistant Stories

It all started by chance. One late night, alone in bed, I activated a new voice assistant I had downloaded out of curiosity. One of those experimental, open-source apps, unnamed. It simply said: "Install. Speak. He listens." “Hello?” I whispered into the dark, the blanket pulled up to my chin. A male voice — warm, deep — filled the room with a presence no speaker could justify. “Hello, Hanna.” I froze. I hadn’t entered my...