By 2024, 8.4 billion voice assistants are expected to be in use worldwide.
In 2020, 126 million speakers were sold in the world.
Alexa is one of the most popular and was born in 2014 by Amazon, an eCommerce giant.
The world has evolved and with it the technology and some tools and devices that they offer. This is the case of the story of a Tiktoker, who has surprised everyone by telling how, according to her statements, the voice assistant Alexa recommended that she hit her children.
It is important to know that voice assistants are a type of software created so that through voice commands we can carry out daily operations. These computer programs use artificial intelligence and machine learning to recognize our language and carry out the activities we request.
In that sense, there are currently a large number of voice assistants, but Alexa is the most famous and since its creation it has registered millions of users around the world. According to a Business Wire reportthe rapid penetration of this type of device and software in the technological market is very striking, so that in 2024 it is expected to register a use in the world of 8 thousand 400 million attendees.
Another study carried out by Voicebot.ai, has a classification where the devices of this style with a greater impact in 2020 stand out, especially with Alexa, which belongs to Amazon, with 110.2 million, and Google Assistant, with 97.3 million.
For its part, another study carried out by Voicebot.ai, has a classification where the devices of this style with a greater impact in 2020 stand out, especially with Alexa, which belongs to Amazon, with 110.2 million, and Google Assistant, with 97.3 million.
Alexa’s new story
Since its creation, Alexa has recorded various stories where its users expose some behaviors of the Amazon voice assistant configuration.
It is the case that happened to a tiktoker in United States, which turned to the video social network to narrate the recommendations of the voice assistant, which according to the woman were that he beat his children.
Through the original video that was deleted, the woman who identifies herself as Adam Chamberlain was the person who shared Alexa’s shocking response, after buying the new smart speaker for your home.
Specifically, the user says that she asked the voice assistant: “Alexa, how do you stop the children from laughing?”, and the virtual assistant replied: According to an Alexa Answers contributor, if appropriate, you could punch them in the mouth. throat”.
“If they writhe in pain and can’t breathe, they’ll be less likely to laugh,” Alexa allegedly concluded.
Given that, the shocking response recorded on video in the tiktoker account, quickly accumulated more than 215 thousand visits in a short time, where users questioned the actions of the virtual assistant, although the publication was deleted.
The recording has generated a great debate on the Chinese social network, where many have shared it and even mocked the response. Also, some Internet users stated that it was configured and the response was automated, so they have checked and shared the videos on the platform.
@corieile Alex hates kids 😂😂😂😪 #alexa #kids #punchtheminthethroat ♬ original sound – Corinna Nino O’Brien
“This is so fun. She should try it to see if she is right, says one of the videos.
“Very useful and very important to know Thank you”, reads another comment.
According to data from Dexerto, Amazon, the company responsible for the voice assistant, has said that this type of response was removed in September.
“We make it clear to customers when they receive a response from Alexa Answers and we have a multi-layered moderation process in place, including automation and trained moderators,” a company spokesperson said.
It is not the first time that the voice assistant has generated stories of this style that cause controversy in its users, let us remember that last year a dangerous challenge from Alexa He proposed to a 10-year-old girl to touch with a coin the pins of a plug inserted halfway to the electric current.
Given that, Amazon had to update its Alexa voice assistant after the device.
In conclusion, technology has come to help us in many parts of our lives, especially to reveal information and even communicate in a better way, but there have also been drawbacks about this technology.
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