Alexa and the Penny Challenge

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28 December 2021, 09:21 PM

wtg

Alexa and the Penny Challenge

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

quote:
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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28 December 2021, 09:51 PM

Steve Miller

WTF?

Who would even think to do that?

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28 December 2021, 10:45 PM

Nina

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

28 December 2021, 11:28 PM

RealPlayer

Shocking!

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29 December 2021, 09:45 AM

CHAS

quote:
Originally posted by RealPlayer:
Shocking!

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29 December 2021, 04:09 PM

pianojuggler

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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