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Amazon Echo Recorded And Sent Couple’s Conversation — All Without Their Knowledge

Laurel Wamsley, NPR

Posted on May 25, 2018 · In what it called an "unlikely" string of events, Amazon says Alexa heard background conversation and misconstrued it as very specific directives.

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Alexa, Please Stop Laughing: Amazon Says It’s Fixing Device’s Unprompted Cackles

Colin Dwyer, NPR

Posted on March 8, 2018 · After social media lit up with tales of creepy laughter, we now know why: The Echo's virtual assistant has been spontaneously laughing at its users. Now, the company says it is working on the issue

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