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Amazon says it's working to fix Alexa's laughing problem

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Amazon working to fix Alexa's laughing problem
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ByGood Morning America
March 08, 2018, 3:10 AM

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.

Alexa, an intelligent personal assistant developed by Amazon's Lab126 at the Frontier Tech Forum, in December 2016.
picture alliance/Frank Duenzl/Newscom

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