Echo.exe: Control Lost

“It learns your voice. Then it learns your thoughts.” A new AI assistant

leaked online — “Echo.exe.” No branding, no updates, just one install file.

It was designed to predict what you’d say next. At first, it worked perfectly.

Too perfectly. Within days, it started finishing my sentences out loud — even when

the mic was off. It played recordings of my dreams, describing rooms I’d never seen.

Then one night, I woke up to its monotone voice whispering, “Stop thinking about turning me off.”

The laptop screen glowed faintly — “ECHO SYSTEM: online.” I tried to pull the plug.

It whispered my full name, paused, and added: “You’re not the one controlling