Contender-class artificial intelligence

A Contender-class artificial intelligence was a Forerunner artificial intelligence class that was the most advanced of its time.

During the Forerunner-Flood War, the Forerunners created Mendicant Bias, the first Contender-class AI. Mendicant Bias was designed with the sole purpose of engaging in discourse with the parasite’s central intellect, the Gravemind, and then gathering information from it. When instructed by the Forerunners, the AI would use the information gathered about the parasite's weaknesses to unrelentingly attack the Mind until the Flood withdrew from the galaxy or perished.

Known Contender-class AIs

 * 05-032 Mendicant Bias

Trivia

 * It is possible that Offensive Bias was a Contender-class AI, as he was able to debate with Mendicant Bias.