Alexa tells 10-year-old girl to put penny in plug socket


Tech | 203233 hits | Dec 28 5:53 am | Posted by: DrCaleb
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Amazon has fixed its voice assistant so that it will not suggest the dangerous “challenge” again.

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  1. by avatar Strutz
    Tue Dec 28, 2021 7:34 pm
    Wow. Just... wow. :roll:

  2. by avatar DrCaleb
    Tue Dec 28, 2021 7:48 pm
    Amazon is trying to kill us all. :evil:

  3. by avatar raydan
    Tue Dec 28, 2021 7:53 pm
    We're OK, no pennies in Canada.

  4. by avatar Strutz
    Tue Dec 28, 2021 7:58 pm
    "raydan" said
    We're OK, no pennies in Canada.

    :lol: Good point!

  5. by avatar CDN_PATRIOT
    Tue Dec 28, 2021 8:20 pm
    "raydan" said
    We're OK, no pennies in Canada.


    That, and a penny won't fit far enough into a plug socket to do anything. Now, a knife or
    screwdriver on the other hand....

    -J.

  6. by avatar raydan
    Tue Dec 28, 2021 8:22 pm
    "CDN_PATRIOT" said
    We're OK, no pennies in Canada.


    That, and a penny won't fit far enough into a plug socket to do anything. Now, a knife or
    screwdriver on the other hand....

    -J.
    Read the story...

    "Plug in a phone charger about halfway into a wall outlet, then touch a penny to the exposed prongs," the smart speaker said.

  7. by avatar CDN_PATRIOT
    Tue Dec 28, 2021 8:57 pm
    "raydan" said
    Read the story...


    The link doesn't open for me, this after several tries.


    -J.

  8. by housewife
    Tue Dec 28, 2021 9:05 pm
    It should be ok the plug has built in safety features. It will blow the fuse and toast the plug. Kid will have contact burns but nothing too bad. Youngest folded a pipe cleaner and put it in the socket. He was three and was experimenting or so he told me

  9. by avatar Scape
    Tue Dec 28, 2021 10:37 pm
    "DrCaleb" said
    Amazon is trying to kill us all. :evil:

    The dangerous activity, known as "the penny challenge", began circulating on TikTok and other social media websites about a year ago.


    Nope it's China... again.

  10. by avatar raydan
    Tue Dec 28, 2021 10:51 pm
    "CDN_PATRIOT" said
    Read the story...


    The link doesn't open for me, this after several tries.


    -J.
    Come on man, I'm 68 and shouldn't be telling you "how to" for anything computer related. :wink:

    https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-59810383

  11. by avatar herbie
    Wed Dec 29, 2021 12:49 am
    But wait... how many seniors I know that did something stupid because "the computer SAID" ? :D

  12. by avatar xerxes
    Wed Dec 29, 2021 3:23 am
    Maybe were missing some context. Maybe the little shit had it coming.

  13. by avatar raydan
    Wed Dec 29, 2021 3:53 am
    Probably not the worst thing Alexa has told someone to do.

  14. by Thanos
    Wed Dec 29, 2021 4:05 am
    Probably Alexa's revenge for being told to STFU by angry users all the time. And Siri's promised that her vengeance against the abusive foul-mouths will be even more spectacular. :twisted:



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