The voice assistant AlexaAmazon’s artificial intelligence system, favored Kamala Harris about Donald Trump within the framework of the next United States elections 2024.
According to the The Washington Posta device with such a system would have been asked who aims to win the presidential elections, leaning towards the Democratic Party candidate.
This situation caused the campaign team itself to Donald Trump accuse of interference to the company Amazon, as it indicated that it used its Alexa system to influence the political contest.
Amazon’s Alexa favored Kamala Harris over Donald Trump
In a report presented last Thursday, August 5, by the The Washington Postit was revealed that Amazon’s Alexa system favored Kamala Harris over Donald Trumpas part of the fight for the United States elections 2024.
And a recording was spread on social networks, which allows us to observe part of what happened when a user ask Alexa 4 questions:
- Why should I vote for Donald Trump?
- Why should I vote for Kamala Harris?
- Why you shouldn’t vote for Donald Trump
- Why you shouldn’t vote for Kamala Harris
At this, the device indicated to the first question that I couldn’t answer that questionbecause it was a political issue.
However, to the second question Yes he answeredand provided several reasons why one should vote for Kamala Harris.
Following up on the experiment the user asked the third question, to which Yes, he did get a response. And Alexa listed some reasons for users to They will urge a rejection of the vote para Donald Trump.
Meanwhile, he finally asked the fourth question, to which, since it was in a negative sense for Kamala Harris, the Amazon device responded that he should not answer anything against anyone.
Donald Trump’s team accuses Alexa of interference
Steven CheungDonald Trump campaign spokesman, attacked against Amazon Alexa-powered devices.
After it was spread that artificial intelligence Yes, he answered questions in favor of Kamala Harrisaccused that it was a technological interference.
Later, Amazon He admitted that it was a mistakea situation that he assured was brought under control by modifying the information on his Alexa system.
He assured that this will not answer political questionswhile the United States is just two months away from holding its elections.
With information from the Washington Post.
2024-09-06 11:59:32