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  #1 tonercartridge on 08 Mar 18

   

  Amazon Echo users are reporting that Alexa, the virtual personal assistant that comes with several devices in the Echo line, sometimes begins to break into an unprompted fit of laughter - occasionally doing so at inappropriate times.
  
  The apparent malfunction seems to have first come to light in February 2018, as videos of Alexa spontaneously producing a childlike cackle began cropping up on Twitter.
  "I thought a kid was laughing behind me," the tweet reads.
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  Another Twitter video, posted by user @annielbonannieTN, shows Alexa producing the laughter from the default Amazon Echo speaker.
  Other users noted that the laughter occurred at inopportune times and was sometimes preceded by the device's unwillingness to perform requested tasks.
  
  "We got home and, totally unprompted, our Amazon Echo/Alexa started talking. And then i realized it was listing off local cemeteries and funeral homes??? I'd rather it laugh at me tbh," tweeted user
  responded to requests for comment by saying that the company was aware of the issue and is currently "working to fix it."
  
  Amazon later added that it had identified the issue and had a solution.
  
  "In rare circumstances, Alexa can mistakenly hear the phrase 'Alexa, laugh,'" Nate Michel, a spokesman for Amazon, wrote in an email. "We are changing that phrase to be 'Alexa, can you laugh?' which is less likely to have false positives, and we are disabling the short utterance 'Alexa, laugh.' We are also changing Alexa's response from simply laughter to 'Sure, I can laugh' followed by laughter."

   

  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Amazon Echo users are reporting that Alexa, the virtual personal assistant that comes with several devices in the Echo line, sometimes begins to break into an unprompted fit of laughter - occasionally doing so at inappropriate times. <br /> <br /> The apparent malfunction seems to have first come to light in February 2018, as videos of Alexa spontaneously producing a childlike cackle began cropping up on Twitter. <br /> "I thought a kid was laughing behind me," the tweet reads. <br /> Sharp MX-2614N <br /> <a href="http://dongguanhuidabangonghaocai.com/a/qu_meiwei/20180305/328.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://dongguanhuidabangonghaocai.com/a/qu_meiwei/20180305/328.html</a> <br /> Another Twitter video, posted by user @annielbonannieTN, shows Alexa producing the laughter from the default Amazon Echo speaker. <br /> Other users noted that the laughter occurred at inopportune times and was sometimes preceded by the device's unwillingness to perform requested tasks. <br /> <br /> "We got home and, totally unprompted, our Amazon Echo/Alexa started talking. And then i realized it was listing off local cemeteries and funeral homes??? I'd rather it laugh at me tbh," tweeted user <br /> responded to requests for comment by saying that the company was aware of the issue and is currently "working to fix it." <br /> <br /> Amazon later added that it had identified the issue and had a solution. <br /> <br /> "In rare circumstances, Alexa can mistakenly hear the phrase 'Alexa, laugh,'" Nate Michel, a spokesman for Amazon, wrote in an email. "We are changing that phrase to be 'Alexa, can you laugh?' which is less likely to have false positives, and we are disabling the short utterance 'Alexa, laugh.' We are also changing Alexa's response from simply laughter to 'Sure, I can laugh' followed by laughter."</div>

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