Over the last month, users have been sharing reports about an issue with Alexa. It appears the AI will get stuck repeating the word “la” over and over again. According to these reports, Alexa will continue saying this word for several minutes before it stops. You can check out an example of the error in the video below.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFLtLb7vQHU

This isn’t the first time Alexa has been caught going haywire. Only a couple of months ago, users were taken aback when Alexa emitted guttural sounds, like those of a snarling animal. At least this most recent problem is a little less unnerving than that.

It’s unclear what’s causing Alexa to meltdown like this, but some users are blaming a recent update. Android Authority has reached out to Amazon for comment on the issue. This article will be updated when new information becomes available.

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[–] 12 points 1 month ago

Ha! "albuquerque new mexico" time!

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  • [–] 11 points 1 month ago

    In the not too distant future
    Next Sunday AD...

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  • [–] 6 points 1 month ago

    Perhaps some legend replaced all the training data with Trolololo?

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  • [–] 5 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    The person taking the video is literally prompting it by saying 'la la la' themselves. Why would they be surprised that it's response is to sing it back?

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  • [–] 6 points 1 month ago

    “My AI device is acting weird!”

    “Did you say “AI device””?

    “Yeah….”

    “LMAO!”

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago

    This world is too much for Alexa too

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago

    I associate these things with guardrails being broken, this should not happen on it's own. Maybe too much synthetic training data?

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago

    "But why should we be scared of that thing?" they inevitably ask themselves

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago

    Stupid sans serif fonts, giving me false hope.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago

    I choose to believe it's the household deity voicing its displeasure at the occupants.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago

    Around the World?

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