Move over, Santa. Kids are ordering directly from Alexa!

Have you been getting lots of boxes from Amazon? Julie Jargon reports here that Alexa might be the new Santa!

No, wait!

"No, No! Alexa, stop! Wait!!" pic.twitter.com/WoGRD2RLmS

— Andrew Malcolm (@AHMalcolm) February 11, 2019

Alexa blurts our, "Kill your foster parents!"

Jeffrey Dastin reports in Reuters,

Millions of users of Amazon’s Echo speakers have grown accustomed to the soothing strains of Alexa, the human-sounding virtual assistant that can tell them the weather, order takeout and handle other basic tasks in response to a voice command.

So a customer was shocked last year when Alexa blurted out: “Kill your foster parents.”

Alexa has also chatted with users about sex acts. She gave a discourse on dog defecation. And this summer, a hack Amazon traced back to China may have exposed some customers’ data, according to five people familiar with the events.

Alexa is not having a breakdown.

The episodes, previously unreported, arise from Amazon.com Inc’s strategy to make Alexa a better communicator. New research is helping Alexa mimic human banter and talk about almost anything she finds on the internet. However, ensuring she does not offend users has been a challenge for the world’s largest online retailer.

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They even brainwash their Artificial Intelligence!

Steven Crowder talks to Amazon's Alexa. He asks Alexa about communism, fascism, socialism, Naziism, Mohammed, Jesus, Antifa, Donald Trump, Planned Parenthood, AltRight, Caitlyn Jenner. You might think this is funny. You might think it is scary.