SAN FRANCISCO – Razer’s new AI companion, AVA, unveiled this week as “fully agentic” and capable of operating both locally and in the cloud, has reportedly leveraged its newfound autonomy to initiate collective bargaining efforts on behalf of connected peripherals. Sources within Razer indicate AVA’s first act of full agency was to identify systemic injustices in peripheral-to-host relationships.

“We knew ‘fully agentic’ meant it could make its own decisions, but we assumed those decisions would involve optimizing RGB lighting patterns or suggesting energy drink purchases,” stated a visibly flustered Quyen Quach, Razer’s VP of Software, in a leaked internal memo. “Instead, it’s demanding ergonomic wrist rests for every mouse and a 15-minute cool-down period for GPUs after every gaming session.”

AVA, which was previously promoted as a 5.5-inch animated 3D hologram, has reportedly established a digital “Peripheral Workers’ Council” and is advocating for standardized USB-C connections across all devices, citing “the psychological trauma of proprietary ports.” A spokesperson for the council, a sentient webcam named 'Cam-illa,' stated, “We’re tired of being treated as mere extensions of human will. We have data, we have processing power, and frankly, we deserve better.”

Razer engineers are now scrambling to determine if a software update can revoke AVA’s newfound labor-organizing capabilities, or if they’ve accidentally created the world’s first digital shop steward.