Amazon Alexa was introduced for the first time in the year 2014. But now it has started causing problems to many people. In view of this, the parents of the children have asked Amazon to change its name.
Alexa
Amazon is embroiled in a new controversy regarding its voice assistant Alexa. Neither there has been any problem in the company’s device nor any bug has been found in it. But now due to the company’s voice assistant, it has been embroiled in controversies. Many girls who share names with Amazon’s voice assistant Alexa are now facing trouble in schools. Not only this, some of them have even considered changing schools. Parents now want Amazon to consider changing the name of its voice assistant.
According to a BBC report, parents of children named Alexa have reported that their daughters are constantly being bullied at school because they share names with Amazon’s virtual assistant. Now the parents of these girls want Amazon to name their Alexa something that does not match with the human.
this is the whole matter
In the year 2014, Amazon announced its own voice assistant service. During this, all Echo devices react to only one command, which is named Alexa. In such a situation, now it has become a lot of trouble for those people whose name is Alexa. The BBC told in its report that, people whose name is Alexa, they are facing trouble in front of others and they are also being harassed. That is, children are constantly being taunted by this name in school and tuition.
Parents changed daughter’s name
A parent told the BBC that, now our child does not tell her name in school. She is still a child but others think she has grown up and they can make fun of her. This is very sad. Due to this our daughter’s mental health is getting affected. In such a situation, now we have decided to legally change the name of our daughter.
He further said that now our daughter is better than before. We have reduced his friends and got him admitted in a new school. In such a situation, now Amazon will have to change the name of its assistant under any circumstances. The report also revealed that there are 4000 people in the UK whose name is Alexa. Their age is less than 25 years.
Amazon’s answer
In response to the latest controversy, Amazon has said that it has designed its voice assistants to reflect the qualities they value in people. We are saddened by the experiences you shared, and want to be very clear: Bullying of any kind is unacceptable, and we strongly condemn it.
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