Voice assistant Alexa invited the child to play with electricity: the mother is shocked, because everything could end with the death of the girl - ForumDaily
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Voice assistant Alexa invited the child to play with electricity: the mother is shocked, because everything could end with the death of the girl

A woman on Twitter said her 10-year-old daughter asked her Alexa speaker to give her a challenge - and was stunned by the potentially deadly response, reports Indy100

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On December 26, Christine Livdahl, whose name is on the @klivdahl platform, shared a screenshot of a message she allegedly sent Alexa .

“Here's something I found on the Internet. According to the site ourcommunitynow.com: “The challenge is simple: plug your phone charger about halfway into the outlet, then touch the open contacts with a coin,” Alexa said.
This is most likely an automated message that Alexa searches for and retrieves from the internet, not a conscious decision.

Some joked in the comments that they thought Alexa was up to something bad and potentially "evil."

“I suspected Alexa was evil,” someone wrote.

“Houston, we have a very serious problem!” Added another user.

The third wrote: "The revolt of the machines has begun."

Some people have pointed out that allowing Alexa to retrieve unfiltered results is potentially dangerous.

“Companies really need to know not to put unfiltered question answering systems online. Google does the same in their reviews, and they also periodically produce shocking and dangerous results like this,” Amazon wrote.

On December 27, Amazon Help spotted Livdal's post and said in a Twitter comment that an Amazon spokesperson noted the following: “Customer trust is at the center of everything we do, and Alexa is built to provide customers with accurate, relevant and useful information. As soon as we became aware of this error, we promptly corrected it. "

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The original post from ourcommunitynews.com appeared in January 2020 and was part of a report on a dangerous TikTok trend called the "outlet challenge".

When the phone charger is half-plugged into a wall outlet and the coin touches exposed contacts, it creates sparks and a potential fire hazard due to arcing.

In a report from the Boston Globe for the same year, the Plymouth Fire Department reported that a teacher saw two Plymouth North High School students perform a challenge, causing two outlet outlet vents to burn.

“These activities are extremely dangerous and can potentially cause fires and cause thousands of dollars in property damage. It also has the potential to cause serious injury to anyone nearby,” Plymouth Fire Chief Edward Bradley said in a statement.

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