World News Headlines December 29, 2021 Under One Ceiling 0 Amazon Alexa told a 10-year-old to plug a charger into electrical outlet 0 0000 0 0 more Amazon Alexa told a 10-year-old to plug a charger into electrical outlet December 29, 2021 Under One Ceiling now playing Transferring money from UAE abroad: what are my cheapest options December 29, 2021 Under One Ceiling WIN With Nespresso This Mother’s Day December 29, 2021 Under One Ceiling NBA Playoffs 2022: A Casual Fan's Guide to the Postseason December 29, 2021 Under One Ceiling Best New Climbing Gear of 2022 December 29, 2021 Under One Ceiling A Local Weekend Travel Guide to Austin, Texas December 29, 2021 Under One Ceiling First Drive: 2022 Range Rover Ups the Luxury SUV Experience December 29, 2021 Under One Ceiling Most Stylish Rain Jackets, Parkas, and Trench Coats for Men December 29, 2021 Under One Ceiling EU eyes Russian oil import ban as Moscow strikes western Ukraine December 29, 2021 Under One Ceiling World-class Clark Int’l Airport opens new 110,000 square-meter passenger terminal December 29, 2021 Under One Ceiling PCG: Bodies of 5 children who drowned in Taal Lake found December 29, 2021 Under One Ceiling Amazon Alexa told a 10-year-old to plug a charger into electrical outlet Your Amazon Alexa has the ability to say some creepy things, but what one told a 10-year-old girl is outright disturbing. Twitter user Kristin Livdahl took to the social media platform on Sunday to break down what happened. Her daughter asked Alexa for a challenge, and the response wasn’t only surprising, but dangerous. “The challenge is simple,” said Alexa. “Plug in a phone charger about halfway into a wall outlet, then touch a penny to the exposed prongs.” Tweet may have been deleted An article on news and lifestyle site Our Community Now refers to this as a TikTok “outlet challenge” that was trending in 2020. As for how it got to Alexa: Amazon states that Alexa gets its information from the company’s cloud, but the details are vague. Mashable reached out to Amazon for comment. Presumably, however, there’s no human oversight. Livdahl was thankfully there when this happened, she explained on Twitter, and she and her daughter had a conversation about not trusting information from the internet or the device. Touching an electrical outlet with metal can result in a fire or an electric shock. Over 5,000 people were hospitalized in 2015 due to injuries associated with electrical outlets, according to Consumer Product Safety Commission’s National Electronic Injury Surveillance System (NEISS). Thousands are typically admitted to the ER every year for the same reason, according to updated information from NEISS’s online database. Amazon Support tweeted asking Livdahl to reach out about the incident, and an Amazon spokesperson told Mashable that the response has been removed from Alexa. “Customer trust is at the center of everything we do and Alexa is designed to provide accurate, relevant, and helpful information to customers,” said the spokesperson. “As soon as we became aware of this error, we took swift action to fix it.” Mashable tested the query on Tuesday, and the answer indeed changed. Now, Alexa merely says “give me a challenge that makes me think”: Mashable · Alexa, give me a challenge Considering how Alexa usage is dropping, it seems that we’re all thinking about the purpose of the smart home device lately. Related Related posts: MH370: Could missing Malaysian Airlines plane finally be found? Tunisia’s president moves against judges Australia continues flood relief and rescue efforts as Sydney braces for heavy rains UN head decries ‘horrific’ attack of Mariupol hospital: Live News tags: RSS Feed World News 0000 0 0 previous It's a super time to stay inside and build this new Sonic the Hedgehog Lego set next The best Apple deals as of Dec. 28: iPad, MacBook, Apple Watch, and more
