Amazon Alexa went silent and recently put a child in danger

Many users woke up today to the great surprise that their Amazon Alexa-powered devices were silent. Amazon's popular smart voice assistant was silent and did not respond to some requests. According to reports, Alexa refuses to work. When you ask a question, a glowing blue ring on the Echo speakers shows that the question has been registered. However, soon after, the ring glows red and Alexa is silent.

Normally, the red rings will flash to indicate that the speaker's microphone is off. However, it now appears that this is not the case for those who reported the bug. Alexa users in Germany are currently affected by the issue. However, some reports indicate that there are users all over the world who are suffering from the same problem.

Amazon потрібен деякий час, щоб розв’язати проблему, але вона не дала чітких пояснень, що пояснюють причину цієї проблеми. Довгий час компанія мовчала, як і Alexa. Цікаво, що сервісна панель компанії, що займається доставлення поштою, показувала, що сьогодні всі послуги працюють без збоїв. Так, сервіс справді працював. Адже питання про поточну погоду на Echo Show викликало поточне зведення погоди на дисплеї. Проте голосового висновку не було.

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У повідомленнях вказувалося, що Amazon розв’язала проблему за кілька годин після початкових повідомлень. Однак причина ламання залишається загадкою. У заяві компанії йдеться лише: «Сьогодні вранці проблема завадила деяким клієнтам взаємодіяти з Alexa. Зараз сервіс знову працює у звичайному режимі».

Amazon Alexa puts children at risk

An interesting case involving Alexa surfaced a few weeks ago. Amazon's voice assistant gave dangerous instructions to a child when she asked for help. Alexa responded with these instructions:

“Here's something I found online. According to ourcommunitynow.com: The task is simple. Insert the phone charger halfway into the outlet, then tap the protruding contacts with a coin."

Це завдання/розіграш поширювався у соціальних мережах до 2020 року. У цей час багато людей зверталися до соціальних мереж, щоб повідомити дітям та їхнім батькам про ризики, пов’язані з цією проблемою. Крім ризику спалаху, ця дія може завдати шкоди здоров’ю, призвести до втрати пальців, кисті або навіть усієї руки.

However, Livdahl's mother said her daughter refused to follow instructions.

The case became public, and Amazon released an update to fix the dangerous behavior.

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