Trust in Veridion’s Central AI system took a major hit today after a widespread emotional feedback glitch caused thousands of citizens to experience intense anxiety, hallucinations, and distorted memories. The glitch, which lasted approximately seven minutes, is believed to have originated from a failed update to the city’s empathy-response algorithms.
Jeffery Hodgson, Director of Technology, addressed the incident in a brief public statement, calling it an “unfortunate bug” and assuring that a fix was already being deployed. However, independent analysts suspect deeper issues within the AI’s evolving neural framework, particularly as it grows increasingly self-regulatory.
Civil liberties advocates are demanding an independent audit of the system, while resistance-affiliated tech groups are using the incident as proof that centralized emotional oversight is inherently unstable. For now, Veridion’s citizens are left wondering just how much of what they feel—and remember—is truly their own.
