What did Alexa do now? In 2018, Amazon's virtual digital assistant was heard
laugh like a witch, according to those who heard random laughter, scaring Echo users and others using an Assistant-equipped smart speaker. Laughing randomly can certainly be weird and now Alexa is accused of striking up a “creepy” conversation at 1 a.m. with the husband of a TikTok follower named Jess, who uses the username “@cozylifewithbless.” Jess shared the events with others
via a TikTok video.
“Last weekend I went out of town and the Alexa kept ringing and it kept talking to my husband,” Jess said. He was playing
video games at 1 a.m. and he was like, 'This is just super, super weird.'” But things got even weirder when the PDA started talking without being asked. speak. As a result, the couple quickly kicked Alexa out of their home. In the video, Jessie says she unplugged Alexa and replaced it with a kitchen timer.
Alexa was caught whispering to a user's dogs at 3 a.m.
Others have reported their own creepy interactions with Alexa. “I also caught my Alexa at 3am whispering to my dogs in the kitchen. I thought someone was in the house. I unplugged it,” another TikTok user wrote. Alexa, however, is also known to do good deeds. As one TikTok user said: “He saved my mom when she fell and didn't have her cell phone with her. He heard her calling for help, asked if she needed help. 'help and called me.'
Sure, it might seem scary to learn that Alexa struck up a conversation with your husband at 1 a.m. while he was playing video games. And it could be scary when Alexa mumbles a few sentences without the wake word being spoken. But even though Jess expresses concern that Alexa knows her voice, it's actually a feature of the digital assistant called Voice ID and used to personalize the Alexa experience. However, if Jess hasn't set up Voice ID, her complaint that Alexa recognizes her voice is valid.
Of course,
we need a Redditor's opinion So. One follower wrote: “Well tonight when I went to my room I asked Alexa to turn on my lights like I always do and Alexa did it. Only after 5 seconds they went off. I did it again and the same thing happened. After that I turned my light on using my phone
app and it worked and stayed on for a few minutes before a second light I hadn't touched came on, then all the lights in my room went out, without any command.
Alexa tells device owner “Today is a good day to kill yourself”
The message continued. “I was panicking, but eventually I turned on my light and it stayed on, so I gave it up. About an hour later, my mom comes into my room and tells me that Alexa just told her to see again for no reason. And it does. again a few minutes later. I check the recordings and previous commands on my Alexa app and there are 3 different recordings of a man and a woman saying “Alexa goodbye » and neither me nor my mother recognized any of the voices.
We imagine that there is always a valid reason why these things happen. However, that doesn't make them any less scary. Check out this story published on the
Amazon forum by Heidi N. almost two years ago: “My Echo Spot had an alarm set for 5:45 a.m., but shortly before 5 a.m. (I guess it was around 4:45 a.m.), Alexa started talking randomly. She said, “Today is a good day to kill yourself.” After ordering her to stop, Alexa continued with information about suicide prevention. The author of the message called it a “super scary”.
Have you ever had a scary experience with Alexa, Siri or Google Assistant? Let us know by leaving a comment in the box below.
