Investigating Potential Measures Taken by Amazon to Prevent Alexa Activation During Commercials: A Look at Safe and Secure AI Practices

This analysis sheds light on possible techniques employed by Amazon to prevent unintentional activation of Alexa during commercials. By understanding these measures, we can gain insights into responsible AI governance and trustworthy practices in the realm of voice assistants. Ready to contribute to Project Cerebellum's AI incident database and help shape the future of safe and secure AI? JOIN US This AI incident maps to the Govern function in HISPI Project Cerebellum Trusted AI Model (TAIM).

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Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/34

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Incident data is from the AI Incident Database (AIID).

When citing the database as a whole, please use:

McGregor, S. (2021) Preventing Repeated Real World AI Failures by Cataloging Incidents: The AI Incident Database. In Proceedings of the Thirty-Third Annual Conference on Innovative Applications of Artificial Intelligence (IAAI-21). Virtual Conference.

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