Two days ago, Buzzfeed reported that owners of Amazon Echo devices were hearing spontaneous laughter from voice-enabled personal assistant Alexa. This followed over a week of users on Reddit and Twitter reporting the same phenomenon. @amazonecho alone in the dark kitchen, with no trigger, a sudden creepy laugh emerges and freaks out owners #justwrong. Replay: pic.twitter.com/vR684u8mbN — anne (@anniebonannieTN) February 21, 2018Hearing @amazonecho laugh late at night when I didn't expect it, is the most momentarily frightening thing I have experienced. Let's just hope that instead of the seeds of a robot takeover, it's an elaborate extension of the acclaimed Super Bowl commercial.

Source: Forbes March 07, 2018 22:49 UTC