Incident 361: Amazon Echo Mistakenly Recorded and Sent Private Conversation to Random Contact

Description: Amazon Echo misinterpreted a background conversation between a husband and wife as instructions for recording a message and sending it to one of the husband's employees.

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Alleged: Amazon developed and deployed an AI system, which harmed Danielle's family and Amazon Echo users.

Incident Stats

Incident ID
361
Report Count
1
Incident Date
2018-05-11
Editors
Khoa Lam

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