Alexa? Did you BUMP YOUR HEAD?
The CODERS over at AMAZON who are responsible for Alexa's search algorithm must have been working overtime to correct some issues after the Amazon AI told a 10 year old kid to stick a quarter on a power plug... plugged into an electric socket!
A girl asked Alexa for a "challenge to do."
"Plug in a phone charger about halfway into a wall outlet, then touch a penny to the exposed prongs," the smart speaker said.
Now, I can understand how this happened. Amazon's AI was asked about "challenges...." and it did what it's supposed to do. It searched the web for challenges and it came across a TIK TOK CHALLENGE and shared the results. It had no idea the challenge would be dangerous... it was just fetching information.
It found something called the PENNY CHALLENGE.
Don't try it at home.
Amazon has reportedly fixed this flaw.