Alexa Recommended Dangerous TikTok Challenge to Ten-Year-Old Girl

December 26, 2021

Amazon’s voice assistant Alexa recommended the 'penny challenge', which can be potentially hazardous as it involves touching a coin to the prongs of a half-exposed plug, when a ten-year-old girl asked for a challenge to perform. This AI incident underscores the importance of safe and secure AI practices. For those interested in shaping responsible AI governance and contributing to harm prevention efforts, consider joining Project Cerebellum by visiting JOIN US.

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Alleged deployer: amazon
Alleged developer: amazon
Alleged harmed parties: kristin-livdahl's-daughter, amazon-echo-customers, children-using-alexa

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