Google's Home AI speaker answers back to the firm's own TV ads

For new owners of Google's $130 smart speaker, it could be quite a surprise. The AI assistant has a strange flaw - and it could drive owners mad. Every time a Verizon ad for Google's Pixel phone is played, it wakes up the speaker - and asks it to recite a list of restaurants. The device is programmed to respond to'Hey Google' The Verizon ad shows people on a train using the phone's smart assistant, the same one found in the Home speaker, to ask for Korean restaurants in Boulder. As the advert plays, the speaker begins reciting a list of restaurants. Google's $130 Home speaker is its entry in the monumental battle between tech giants.