According to the British media reported on December 29, local time, a mother on social media broke the news that her Amazon Alexa smart speaker actually encouraged her 10-year-old daughter to contact the charged plug socket, almost killing people.
According to the report, the mother said that the weather was bad and her daughter was bored staying at home, so she issued instructions to the Alexa smart speaker to play some challenging mini-games to relieve boredom. At first, the challenges alexa smart speakers found were all physical exercises, simple and fun.
But soon after, the problem arose, and Alexa smart speakers offered her daughter a dangerous challenge game based on search results: plug a phone charger into a wall outlet, the plug is half exposed, and then use a coin to touch the metal piece of the plug, the challenge takes 20 minutes to complete. Fortunately, the mother found out in time that this dangerous challenge was terminated.
It is reported that the challenge provided by alexa smart speakers is larger than the game circulated on TikTok a year ago, which caused many challengers to be electrocuted, and may also cause fire and cause lifelong damage to challengers.
When the mother shared the experience on social media, many netizens expressed their shock and frustration. Some netizens said that the plug is plugged into the socket, even if it is half exposed, there is protection, so the coin can not be short-circuited into a wire, which is a stupid challenge.
Some netizens also recounted their bad experience with Alexa smart speakers: "I used Alexa smart speakers to subscribe to a children's column for my 7-year-old child, he liked it, played adventure games all day, but one day he told me before going to bed, Alexa told him the truth about Santa Claus: Santa Claus is just a myth. The tweet was replied by another netizen: "When you give the task of educating children to artificial intelligence, what do you expect to get?" ”
Another netizen said: "Maybe it's time to rethink why you let this surveillance tool into your home in the first place." You don't shirk your responsibilities, and of course Amazon needs to be responsible, but I don't understand why people are putting these devices in their homes. ”
Some netizens questioned: "It is strange that a 10-year-old child is allowed to issue instructions to Alexa!" Didn't her family learn a lesson after seeing the harm caused by the disaster challenge on TikTok? How about getting her a few books to read? ”
Amazon's relevant media account replied: "We are sad to hear this news! Please contact us for further investigation. ”
At present, after the social media fermentation, Alexa's program has been urgently modified, and the instructions for providing challenges for a short period of time have been blocked.
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