This is not good.
The article goes on to say that people tend to trust Alexa more than other sources like Wikipedia, because it sounds like a real person talking to them, and because they think the statements are endorsed by Amazon, not read listing that Alexa just scans the internet.
I wonder if this is a result of a sophisticated google bombing. I haven’t heard about those in a while, but something like this would be worth it to try to engineer. This is why we can’t have nice things.
Alexa, unindicted co-conspirator #3762.
Or is it a flaw in Amazon’s methodology, which assumes the more internet sources that say the same thing, it’s more likely to be true?
A lie is likely to be halfway around the world while truth is putting in its boots.
I just asked that question and Alexa answered “I cant answer that question”…
I asked who won the 2020 election and it responded , “Joe Biden” and listed all the statistics.
^^same here.
Alexa just told me Joe Biden beat incumbent Donald Trump and then listed the stats.
Yes, Amazon blocked that particular question. But the WaPo article indicates that even after that question was blocked, asking the same question indifferent ways got the stolen election answer.
To questions The Post had flagged to the company, Alexa answered, “I’m sorry, I’m not able to answer that.” Other questions still prompt the device to say there was election fraud in 2020.
" Where does Alexa get her news?
If this is your first time using either, Alexa will ask you to pick your preferred news source (choose from NPR, Fox News, CNN and more). You can view all News providers and change your preferred news source in the Alexa app."
