Amazon’s Alexa is Playing Favorites with Conservatives Pundits
Amazon’s Alexa smart speaker apparently has a favorite conservative pundit in “Daily Wire” chief Ben Shapiro.
A YouTube video that featured Alexa being asked to give opinions on a number of people circulated on Wednesday, and Alexa failed to comment on any of the names listed until Shapiro was mentioned.
The smart device couldn’t find an answer to a question about President Donald Trump, and had “no opinion” about television hosts Sean Hannity (Fox News), Jake Tapper (CNN) and Rachel Maddow (MSNBC).
Shapiro himself was amused by the whole thing.
We checked this via multiple Alexa devices. It's real. And it's hilarious. https://t.co/6KUOPrGCyz
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) August 1, 2018
But he noted that things could go poorly for the smart speaker if word got around.
I look forward to Alexa deleting this and then issuing a self-serving apology about her disastrous answer.
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) August 1, 2018
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