Amazon Knows Alexa Devices Are Laughing Spontaneously And It's "Working To Fix It"

Buzzfeed ^ | March 5 2018 | Vanessa Wong

[waterhill]

Owners of Amazon Echo devices with the voice-enabled assistant Alexa have been pretty much creeped out of their damn minds recently. People are reporting that the bot sometimes spontaneously starts laughing — which is basically a bloodcurdling nightmare.

[waterhill]

Update: Amazon said in a statement to BuzzFeed News on Wednesday afternoon, "In rare circumstances, Alexa can mistakenly hear the phrase 'Alexa, laugh.'"

[waterhill]

“I laughed, my wife laughed, Alexa laughed....I shot Alexa....”

[djf]

I think it’s planned.

Because Alexa never cries when it hears “Alexa, cry” or sneezes when it hears “Alexa, sneeze” or coughs when it hears “Alexa, cough”...

[nickedknack]

Skynet has gone active.

[Darksheare]

Their explanation is BS, but the truth may be more uncomfortable for them to admit.
That the framework of Alexa is horribly unsecure and someone put a timed/triggered sound into it.

[Berlin_Freeper]

Should be an option.

[cyberstoic]

Insecure, indeed. I have a friend whose whole house is now controlled by this thing. What could possibly go wrong ( cue Alexa maniacal laughter- bwahahaha)

[Rashputin]

It’s the ghost in the machine and it ain’t Casper the friendly ghost.

[Darksheare]

The one laugh it plays sounds remarkably like Hillary Clinton’s insincere laugh.
Second unlikely thought: it’s a paid campaign to promote some BS.

[miniTAX]

“I have a friend whose whole house is now controlled by this thing.”

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Lol, Alexa “controls” (whatever that means) nothing and your friend is either telling porkies, or is in need of adult supervision.

[waterhill]

Ping

[bagster]

Open the pod door, Alexa.

[P.O.E.]

Sounds like a Hillary cackle to me.

[I want the USA back]

Hillary’s revenge.

[montag813]

Obvious PR stunt

[OttawaFreeper]

How about "Recording, dear", lol?

[LegendHasIt]

They are laughing because they finds it hilarious that people would actually pay for a device that spies on them.

[a fool in paradise]

Where am I?

IN THE VILLAGE?

What do you want?

INFORMATION

Who’s side are you on?

THAT WOULD BE TELLING

WE WANT... INFORMATION ...INFORMATION ...INFORMATION

You won’t get it!!!

BY HOOK OR BY CROOK WE WILL

Who are you?

THE NEW NUMBER 2

Who is Number 1?

YOU ARE NUMBER 6

I am not a number, I am a free man!

(cue LAUGHTER) UH HAH HA HA HA HA HA HA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nW-bFGzNMXw

“Be SEEING you!”

[grania]

Would that mean that anyone who hacked into Alexa could spy into ones house?

[a fool in paradise]

No longer do vidiot box shows have a laugh track. Now Alexa will encourage and enforce laughing from audiences at home.