The Horrifying Reason Amazon Had To Update Alexa

Every so often, we'll hear of dumb and sometimes dangerous internet challenges that have caught on with the teenagers of the world. From the cinnamon challenge to the tide pod challenge to the milk crate challenge, teens incredibly adept at finding new and inventive ways to put their lives in danger. While we generally expect this kind of behavior from teenagers, we don't tend to expect it from the AI we use to google things for us when we don't want to get up. Case in point: the shocking story of a ten-year-old girl who got some bad advice from Alexa. This is the horrifying reason Amazon had to update Alexa.