David Becker/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Amazon said they are working to fix Alexa devices’ laughter problem, after social media exploded Wednesday with users freaking out over what they described as random electronic laughter.
“In rare circumstances, Alexa can mistakenly hear the phrase ‘Alexa, laugh,'” Amazon told ABC News in a statement. “We are changing that phrase to be ‘Alexa, can you laugh?’ which is less likely to have false positives, and we are disabling the short utterance ‘Alexa, laugh.'”
“We are also changing Alexa’s response from simply laughter to ‘Sure, I can laugh’ followed by laughter,” the statement added.
Many social media users shared their experiences today of Alexa “randomly” laughing, and “Alexa is freaking its owners out with random laughter and defiance” became a moment on Twitter this afternoon.
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