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Alexa was tripping! According to BBC News, the Amazon voice assistant challenged a young girl to perform a dangerous act. Now the company is making a change. After a 10-year old asked the voice assistant for a challenge to do, Alexa instructed the child to “touch” a coin to the prongs of a half-inserted plug. Her mother took to Twitter to detail what happened. OMFG My 10 year old just asked Alexa on our Echo for a challenge and this is what she said. pic.twitter.com/HgGgrLbdS8 — Kristin Livdahl (@klivdahl) December 26, 2021
John Legend, on the surface, may seem like a little more than an R&B pretty boy. After all, he was named People’s Sexiest Man Alive in 2019. But, in reality, he’s a shrewd businessman who has made several individual seed investments. He’s a multi-award-winning artist and performer who is the only Black man, to date, to win the coveted EGOT (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, Tony). And he’s worked hard enough to get, according to Celebrity Net Worth, a $75 million war chest. But John Legend (born John Roger Stephens in Springfield, OH) takes it all in stride. In fact, he told UPI that were it not for the influence of his church, he wouldn’t have been inspired to sing in the first place. “The church has been so important to who I am as an artist and as a human being, I felt like it was a no-brainer for me to say yes,” he said. “I knew I would be in good hands and that [Henry Louis Gates] would tell the story in a way that was really honoring the history of the Black church in our country. I was...
Who wouldn’t want to talk to Issa Rae? If that was ever your wish, it’s now Google’s command with Google Assistant. Issa took to her Twitter account and announced that she will be the new voice of Google Assistant and gave us a taste of what we can expect. Here are seven questions, straight from Google , that you can ask Issa Rae as your new Google Assistant by saying, “Hey Google…” “How do I look?” or “Mirror Talk” It’s like being in an episode of “Insecure,” but instead of yelling at the TV screen, you can have a “mirror talk” with Issa. Issa’s hilarious talks in front of her bathroom mirror come to life with one Google command. Just say “Mirror talk” and boom — Issa Rae’s voice transports you into an episode of “Insecure” where she gives you a self-confidence pep talk. “I’m a big pumper upper,” Issa told Variety , who also reports Issa spent over 40 hours recording. You can also ask the co-creator of the HBO hit, “How do I look?” She says one of the best days was when she was...
After Google told users its Nest Secure system’s upgrade would let it be used as another Google Assistant speaker, people were confused—because they didn’t know Nest had a microphone, to begin with. Now, Google says the built-in Nest microphone was never supposed to be a secret. Nest Secure, home security and alarm system, originally launched in 2017. However, nothing about the product disclosed its microphone. A spokesperson told Business Insider that the microphone “should have been listed in the tech specs. That was an error on our part.” There’s been controversy around various home speakers and their recordings before. Amazon’s Alexa once sent 1,700 hours of recordings to the wrong person. Plus in 2017, Google admitted a flaw in their mini speaker let it secretly record conversations without users knowing. In its statement, Google did say, “The microphone has never been on, and is only activated when users specifically enable the option.” Still, it’s reminiscent of a 2010...
For those wanting a little more excitement when it comes to smart speakers, Google’s newest investment uses NFL players’ voices to answers questions on Google Home devices. StatMuse received an investment from the Google Assistant Investment program for an undisclosed amount, as reported by Business Insider. Describing itself as a creative technology company , StatMuse’s site states it is the leader in conversational AI for sports. To use StatMuse, all users have to do is say, “Okay Google, talk to StatMuse.” According to their site, StatMuse gives instant answers to NBA, NFL, MLB, and NHL related questions. So far, it features the voices of 25 celebrity athletes , including Le’Veon Bell, Terrell Owens, LeSean McCoy, and others. A Google spokesperson told Business Insider, “We think StatMuse is using voice in a really interesting way, giving beloved sports stars a chance to add some magic to the Google Assistant.” Russell Okung is one of the advisors for StatMuse, which is no...