A Trojan Horse

A new Chinese chatbot surprises the AI industry: how can it be

so much cheaper than the alternatives? More important: why is it

offered as open-source software that does not require purchase of the

code? Who would forego potentially significant profits? Assuming it

is a nefarious disruption would be next.

A joint venture Swiss precision manufacturing company and an

Israeli semiconductor designer is confronted with a challenging

question when two of its servers suddenly experience performance

loss. A member of the Shadow Experts team is recruited to uncover

the shortfall cause: the design, component manufacturing, and

final assembly. A further complication is that the joint venture has

hired an Indian company based in Bangalore for final assembly of

components manufactured in Switzerland, of Israeli design.

Though the process reveals nothing in its initial phase, is it possible

that an important clue is missing? Could there be an exogenous

element that triggers dysfunction in the electronic apparatus? Are

all the key players really who they appear to be?