“Alexa, Play Porn” – 5 Times Amazon’s AI Voice Assistant Went Rogue
Update: 2023-12-05
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In this episode, I talk about:
- Why AI voice assistants are almost always female and how this perpetuates harmful gender stereotypes
- The reason tech companies struggle to create accurate male AI voice assistants and the future of AI voice technology
- 5 hilarious times that Amazon’s AI assistant, Alexa, has misbehaved, including:
- Recommending a dangerous challenge to a child
- Buying a $160 dollhouse (and cookies!)
- Allowing a parrot to make a purchase
- Misunderstanding a command and playing explicit content
- Throwing a late night party while its owner was out
- What you can learn from these cautionary tales and how to safeguard yourself against your own Alexa assistant going rogue
- The Alexa settings check-up challenge
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