INRSLF

The INformed Recordkeeping Satellite Life-Form (the INRSLF) is a highly advanced artificial intelligence designed to surveil the Neon City and track its many residents as they go about their daily lives. To each of those residents, it presents a personality tailor-made to their needs and wants: someone who prefers a friendly manner gets a version of it which speaks cheerfully and acts like a person, while those who prefer computers to be inobtrusive get quick, to-the-point answers.

The surveillance is not an explicitly advertised feature of the INRSLF -- it is said to be a personal assistant more than anything -- but it is an aspect that is generally uncontroversial: for such convenience, of course it has to collect so much data!