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Kid is OK, but this is scary....

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Amazon has updated its Alexa voice assistant after it "challenged" a 10-year-old girl to touch a coin to the prongs of a half-inserted plug.

The suggestion came after the girl asked Alexa for a "challenge to do".

"Plug in a phone charger about halfway into a wall outlet, then touch a penny to the exposed prongs," the smart speaker said.

Amazon said it fixed the error as soon as the company became aware of it.


https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-59810383


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WTF?

Who would even think to do that? Eeker


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My guess is that someone thought it was snarky and edgy, and "no one" would take it seriously. Wrong, bucko.
 
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Shocking!


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Shocking!


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Jesus.

Next week, milk crates and Tide Pods.

Not to mention, ivermectin, stop the steal, and let's go Bran....never mind.

These "smart devices" are only as smart as the interwebz itself: not very.


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