2022-01-03 12:06
Alex Lowe

Amazon’s Alexa told a child to do a dangerous challenge

Amazon’s Alexa told a child to do a dangerous challenge

Over the past couple days, a report came in from Bleeping Computer about child in the US who asked Alexa on the family’s Amazon Echo for a challenge to do, which is a new thing that is trending on TikTok. The child asked Alexa for a challenge and it suggested that they touch a penny to the exposed prongs of a phone charger plugged into the wall.

This, obviously would not have ended well and Alexa grabbed the data from a website from an article online which collates dangerous challenges. Amazon provided a statement to the BBC who said they were aware of the issue and it has since been fixed.

Alex Lowe

Amazon’s Alexa told a child to do a dangerous challenge

Alex Lowe is the owner and editor of the interface and started the website in 2013. He publishes the majority of the content on the website, hosts the three podcasts and the runs the YouTube channels. Alex has a professional background in computer networking, FWA and WiFi.

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