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The Flood nearly succeeded in corrupting the human [[smart AI]] [[Cortana]] while holding her captive in ''[[High Charity]]''. Cortana was quickly rendered helpless against the Gravemind, being completely incapable of identifying the points of the Gravemind's intrusion in her system. The Gravemind attempted to corrupt Cortana through a variety of means: after partially taking over the AI's systems, it tried to directly convince her to join the Flood through various arguments. These included ones similar to those used to subvert Mendicant Bias, as well as attempts to antagonize her human creators while offering the promise of infinite information and unity if she surrendered. It also forced her to vividly experience memories of the Flood's past victims, complete with their deaths. The Gravemind also intended to exploit the [[Riemann matrix]]'s fundamental shortcoming by forcibly feeding Cortana with immense amounts of data in order to dramatically expedite the onset of rampancy. However, Cortana was recovered by [[John-117]] before the Gravemind could complete the process.<ref name="human weakness"/><ref name="Cortana">'''[[Halo 3]]''', campaign level ''[[Cortana (level)|Cortana]]''</ref>