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Moĭru Shevalʹi͡e, molodu frant͡suz͡henku, zaprosyly na robotu v kytaĭsʹku transnat͡sionalʹnu kompanii͡u vysokykh tekhnolohiĭ 'Min', roztashovanu v Honkonhu. Vona mai͡e vzi͡aty uchastʹ u stvorenni chatbota - prohramy shtuchnoho intelektu, i͡aka ne tilʹky nadavatyme korystuvacham pravylʹni vidpovidi na vsi zapytanni͡a, a ĭ uperedz͡huvatyme ïkhni baz͡hanni͡a. Zrozumilo, taka innovat͡sii͡a vyznachatyme maĭbutni͡e hihantiv vsesvitnʹoho pavutynni͡a: toĭ, khto zmoz͡he stvoryty krashchu prohramu, dyktuvatyme standarty z͡hytti͡a na planeti. Robota zakhoplyva, prote opovyta chyslennymy tai͡emnyt͡si͡amy, na storoz͡hi i͡akykh stoïtʹ potuz͡hna okhoronna sluz͡hba doslidnyt͡sʹkoho t͡sentru. Ne nabahato spokiĭnishe z͡hytti͡a ĭ u samomu Honkonhu, de z ridkisnym sadyzmom li͡utui͡e seriĭnyĭ ubyvt͡si͡a, vkorochui͡uchy viku molodym z͡hinkam. Usi z͡hertvy mai͡utʹ deshcho spilʹne: svoho chasu prat͡si͡uvaly v kompaniï 'Min'...

Moira Chevalier, a young French woman, was invited to work for the Chinese multinational high-tech company Ming, located in Hong Kong. It should take part in the creation of a chatbot – an artificial intelligence program that will not only provide users with the correct answers to all questions, but also preclude their desires. Of course, such an innovation will determine the future of the Giants of the World Wide Web: whoever can create the best program will dictate the standards of life on the planet. The work is fascinating, but shrouded in numerous secrets, which are guarded by a powerful security service of the research center. Life is not much quieter in Hong Kong itself, where a serial killer rages with rare sadism, shortening the age of young women. All the victims have something in common: they once worked for the Min company...