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arista
29-12-2021, 04:39 PM
[Amazon apologizes after an Alexa challenged
a girl, 10, to put a COIN on an exposed plug
prong half-inserted into a socket as part
of a 'dangerous' TikTok trend
An Echo voice assistant challenge a 10-year-old to
do a potentially fatal act
Assistant told a child to do the
'Penny challenge' and 'Plug in a phone charger
about halfway into a wall outlet,
then touch a penny to the exposed prongs'
Kristin Livdahl, the girl's mother slammed Amazon,
who has since apologised]


https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2020/02/04/14/24296914-7965477-image-m-23_1580826999936.jpg
[The internet game involves plugging
a charger part-way into a wall and
trying to create a spark by touching the
exposed prongs with a coin
(pictured: An outlet following the challenge)]


https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-10350249/Amazon-apologises-Alexa-challenges-10-year-old-girl-penny-prongs-plug.html

Alexa searches the internet
TikTok has loads of Dumb and Dangerous examples.


Debated on all media


Amazon USA claim they have fixed it.

Mystic Mock
30-12-2021, 12:32 AM
Yikes!

Vicky.
30-12-2021, 12:55 PM
Conclusive proof that alexas are evil. I feel vindicated, in my being the only person I know not having one.

arista
30-12-2021, 01:14 PM
Conclusive proof that alexas are evil. I feel vindicated, in my being the only person I know not having one.


Amazon Engineers have fixed that.


It appears it searched the internet for Fun
and a Crazy TikTok post had it,
leading as top of the fun things.


A Lawyer who does an LBC show
said the problem is Alexa does not
care what age you are.


The mother was Horrified