Alexa Is Creepily Laughing at People for No Reason

As Amazon Echo Dot owner Gavin Hightower was heading to bed the other week, he encountered a disturbing Alexa bug. For no apparent reason, the device uttered a "very loud and creepy laugh." "There's a good chance I'm getting murdered tonight," Hightower tweeted after the incident. Hightower isn't alone: Numerous Echo device owners have reported their Alexas laughing spontaneously, unprovoked by their wake word ("Alexa") or any other command. Some report their Alexa devices failing to fulfill their spoken requests, performing random other actions instead, and then capping it off with a guffaw. Of all the bugs your smart assistant could encounter, uttering a high-pitched "witch-like" laugh ranks among the creepiest possibilities.