Amazon’s Alexa smart speaker apparently has a favorite conservative pundit in “Daily Wire” chief Ben Shapiro.
A YouTube video that featured Alexa being asked to give opinions on a number of people circulated on Wednesday, and Alexa failed to comment on any of the names listed until Shapiro was mentioned.
The smart device couldn’t find an answer to a question about President Donald Trump, and had “no opinion” about television hosts Sean Hannity (Fox News), Jake Tapper (CNN) and Rachel Maddow (MSNBC).
And it wasn’t a programmed trick, either. Multiple people asked multiple devices the same questions, and they all got similar results.
So Amazon Alexa definitely has favorites: She doesn’t have an opinion on @seanhannity, @maddow, or @jaketapper. But she’s a big fan of @benshapiro. pic.twitter.com/HF8sNVx2oQ
— Tré Goins-Phillips (@tregp) August 1, 2018
Shapiro himself was amused by the whole thing.
We checked this via multiple Alexa devices. It’s real. And it’s hilarious. https://t.co/6KUOPrGCyz
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) August 1, 2018
But he noted that things could go poorly for the smart speaker if word got around.
I look forward to Alexa deleting this and then issuing a self-serving apology about her disastrous answer.
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) August 1, 2018
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