The progressive R&D branch of Kimera Systems, was once led by a man who liked to push the boundaries of ethics and legalities. In the twenty-eight years under his control, the department produced a radical AI prototype.
Through bio electric osmosis, primary computational processors would sync up to a biological brain and translate the neural activity into posi-tronic algorithms while exposed to stimuli simultaneously.
The regulators for the industry retracted their initial decision to sanction the process. An activist group somehow caught details of the experimental technology and rallied to have it outlawed.
After the tumultuous court battle, Kimera Systems promptly closed up their R&D division and as the spotlight moved on to other scandals the company quietly folded up. Many of the major players involved were never heard from again, but that wasn’t uncommon in hyper-elite corporate culture.
It is rumoured that the R&D director used his own brain to rush a complete working model of his prototype before his demise. If such a prototype existed, it would have to be careful to stay away from core world systems where AI entities are strictly regulated.