Amazon promises a fix for Alexa’s creepy laugh
The company that sells the smart speaker, with an AI voice assistant called Alexa, is working to correct a glitch that is unnerving customers—and creating bad PR for the technology.
Customers are reporting an unsettling malfunction with their Alexa smart speakers: She’s laughing at them.
Twitter users documented the problem:
So Alexa decided to laugh randomly while I was in the kitchen. Freaked @SnootyJuicer and I out. I thought a kid was laughing behind me. pic.twitter.com/6dblzkiQHp
— CaptHandlebar (@CaptHandlebar) February 23, 2018
The malfunction has sci-fi fans and luddites alike questioning whether having smart speakers in their homes is such a good idea.
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