Alexa Says What?

[Gene Steinberg]

Although it's not perfect, I've always been comfortable with Siri. And not just because the voice actress who did the voice originally, Susan Bennett, followed me on Twitter.

But I've had my qualms about Alexa and about what Amazon Echo speakers hear from you.

So I was certainly concerned but not surprised at this story:

Alexa tells 10-year-old girl to touch live electrical socket with penny | AppleInsider

A child requesting a challenge from an Amazon Alexa device was told to "plug in a phone charger about halfway, then touch a penny to the exposed prongs."

appleinsider.com

 

[Richard Hawkins]

Although it's not perfect, I've always been comfortable with Siri. And not just because the voice actress who did the voice originally, Susan Bennett, followed me on Twitter.

But I've had my qualms about Alexa and about what Amazon Echo speakers hear from you.

So I was certainly concerned but not surprised at this story:

Alexa tells 10-year-old girl to touch live electrical socket with penny | AppleInsider

A child requesting a challenge from an Amazon Alexa device was told to "plug in a phone charger about halfway, then touch a penny to the exposed prongs."

appleinsider.com

It's the start of AI trying to kill us off