Overheard my neighbor say his smart speaker was "gaslighting him" last Tuesday

I was watering my porch plants and this guy yells out his window at his Amazon Echo, saying it keeps ordering stuff he never asked for. Turns out his kid figured out how to whisper commands from the next room over. Makes me wonder how many so called AI glitches are actually just family members pranking each other. Has anyone else caught someone messing with their smart home gadgets on purpose?

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lunakim25d ago

My own smart speaker once ordered dog food at 3am. Turns out I talk in my sleep.

skyler4324d ago

Honestly that's way better than ordering stuff while you're awake and broke like me.

black.pat24d agoMost Upvoted

I had to put a physical switch on my speaker after it ordered me a pizza at 2am.