Over the past few days, users with Alexa-enabled devices have reported hearing strange and unprompted laughter from their devices. As noted in media reports and a trending Twitter moment, Alexa laughs without being prompted to wake.
According to a statement to The Verge, Amazon said “we're aware of this and working to fix it.”
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The Twitter user CaptHandlebar was one of the first to report of the bizarre incident tweeting “so Alexa decided to laugh randomly while I was in the kitchen. Freaked @SnootyJuicer and I out. I thought a kid was laughing behind me.”
So Alexa decided to laugh randomly while I was in the kitchen. Freaked @SnootyJuicer and I out. I thought a kid was laughing behind me. pic.twitter.com/6dblzkiQHp
— CaptHandlebar (@CaptHandlebar) February 23, 2018
Since the incident, dozens of other Alexa users have reported of the laughing instances.
