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Alexa tells 10-year-old girl to electrocute herself

2021-12-28 00:00:00

A 10-year-old girl asked Alexa for a "challenge to do."

The voice assistant replied: "Plug in a phone charger about halfway into a wall outlet, then touch a penny to the exposed prongs."

The girl's mother posted about Alexa's shocking advice on Twitter:



The BBC reached out to Amazon:
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