{"id":877,"date":"2019-04-06T19:33:27","date_gmt":"2019-04-06T19:33:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/?p=877"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T17:00:00","slug":"Amazon-Is-Working-on-a-Fix-to-Stop-Alexa-Randomly-Laughing-at-Customers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/?p=877","title":{"rendered":"Amazon Is Working on a Fix to Stop Alexa Randomly Laughing at Customers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Amazon&#8217;s in-home digital assistant Alexa has reportedly been unexpectedly laughing out loud at people as they go about their daily business. <\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- HS Net Top Content Responsive --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-0355887770822260\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"4870821038\"\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p>The apparently \u00a0random laughing has been creeping out some users and has generated \u00a0a good deal of discussion on social media.<\/p>\n<p>Alexa can be accessed via the Amazon Echo and other Amazon devices.<\/p>\n<p>A number of users have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.buzzfeed.com\/venessawong\/amazon-alexa-devices-are-laughing-creepy?utm_term=.qnl985gay#.psqg3pkV2\">reported the creepy laughing<\/a> in recent \u00a0weeks.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">So Alexa decided to laugh randomly while I was in the kitchen. Freaked <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SnootyJuicer?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SnootyJuicer<\/a> and I out. I thought a kid was laughing behind me. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6dblzkiQHp\">pic.twitter.com\/6dblzkiQHp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u201d CaptHandlebar (@CaptHandlebar) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CaptHandlebar\/status\/966838302224666624?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 23, 2018<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">My <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Alexa?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Alexa<\/a> just laughed out of the blue while I was in the middle of a conversation. So creepy ! Here&#8217;s what she played <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5dGLkwZsgV\">pic.twitter.com\/5dGLkwZsgV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u201d Tal Goldfus (@talgoldfus) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/talgoldfus\/status\/967177280605835268?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 23, 2018<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>But, Amazon has now identified the issue and is working to change Alexa so that the random laughing is less likely to happen.<\/p>\n<p>A March 8, 2018, New York Times report on the issue<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2018\/03\/08\/business\/alexa-laugh-amazon-echo.html\"> notes<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Now, Amazon says that it knows why that&#8217;s been happening and is working to fix the problem.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153In rare circumstances, Alexa can mistakenly hear the phrase &#8216;Alexa, laugh,'&#8221; when other words are spoken, Amazon said in an emailed statement. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153We are changing that phrase to be &#8216;Alexa, can you laugh?&#8217; which is less likely to have false positives, and we are disabling the short utterance &#8216;Alexa, laugh.'&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>After the fix, when customers say &#8220;Alexa, can you laugh?&#8217;, the device will respond with the phrase \u00a0\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Sure, I can laugh.&#8221; before actually laughing.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- Third Content Ad Responsive --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-0355887770822260\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"1909104632\"\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- HS Net Bottom AdLinks --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-0355887770822260\" data-ad-slot=\"1358951439\" data-ad-format=\"link\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/div>\n<p><\/br><\/br> Original Source : <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/amazon-is-working-on-a-fix-to-stop-alexa-randomly-laughing-at-customers\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/amazon-is-working-on-a-fix-to-stop-alexa-randomly-laughing-at-customers\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amazon&#8217;s in-home digital assistant Alexa has reportedly been unexpectedly laughing out loud at people as they go about their daily business. The apparently \u00a0random laughing has been creeping out some users and has generated \u00a0a good deal of discussion on social media. Alexa can be accessed via the Amazon Echo and other Amazon devices. 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