Thousands of Amazon workers are listening to what people tell Alexa - News Summed Up

Thousands of Amazon workers are listening to what people tell Alexa


Sometimes they hear recordings they find upsetting or possibly criminal. Two of the workers said they picked up what they believe was a sexual assault. When something like that happens, they may share the experience in the internal chat room as a way of relieving stress. Amazon says it has procedures in place for workers to follow when they hear something distressing, but two Romania-based employees said that after requesting guidance for such cases, they were told it wasn’t Amazon’s job to interfere.


Source: Los Angeles Times April 11, 2019 12:00 UTC



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