Why Amazon Alexa told a 10-year-old to do a deadly challenge

Amazon's Alexa recently recommended to a 10 year-old girl that she should put a coin against an electrified plug. The voice assistant gave the response when the child asked for a'challenge' from the Echo speaker. "Here's something I found on the web", Amazon replied, "The challenge is simple: plug in a phone charger about halfway into a wall outlet, then touch a penny to the exposed prongs." The dangerous activity, known as "the penny challenge", began circulating on TikTok and other social media websites about a year ago, the BBC reported. Why did Alexa make the suggestion? Amazon Alexa tells 10 year-old child to electrocute themselves for a'challenge' Perseverance rover finds'something no one's ever seen' in search for aliens Huge asteroid hurtling past Earth today Amazon Alexa tells 10 year-old child to electrocute themselves for a'challenge' Perseverance rover finds'something no one's ever seen' in search for aliens The smart speaker made the suggestion because Alexa uses information on the web to give responses to questions it does not know the answer to.