"WWW: Wonder (WWW Trilogy Book 3)" by Robert J. Sawyer
https://www.amazon.com/WWW-Wonder-Robert-J-Sawyer/dp/1937007367/

Book number three of a three book science fiction series. I read the
well printed and well bound MMPB published by Ace in 2012.

Caitlyn Decter is 16 years old, a math prodigy, and blind. Not because
her eyes are defective but because her retinas and brain do not
communicate properly with each other. The condition is rare but a
Japanese researcher has created a solution and it worked for her. The
result allows her to see out of one eye and to meet an entity on the
internet named Webmind whom she proceeds to teach how to be human.

Webmind is an emergent artificial intelligence. The position of the USA
government is that emergent AIs are dangerous and must be destroyed.
You know, like Skynet (Terminator) or The Matrix. So, the USA
government decided to destroy Webmind via Presidential executive order
but failed. Meanwhile, Webmind has exposed himself to the world in
general, solved cancer, and is helping millions of people daily, almost
putting Google out of business. In fact, the author posits that Webmind
assists humanity in achieving a new level of peace and prosperity.

This is not the first time that an author has proposed an artificial
intelligence on a common platform. Orson Scott Card created the Ansible
Network, an instantaneous cross star system communications network, in
his Ender books that has an AI named Jane in it. BTW, I do not include
HAL 9000 in this list since he was just a computer running a program.
But I would include Data from The Next Generation and Mike from "The
Moon Is A Harsh Mistress". And possibly "The Adolescence of P-1".

The author has a long running website at:
https://www.sfwriter.com/

My rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Amazon rating: 4.3 out of 5 (99 reviews)

Lynn