yikes!
if you asked alexa about fraud in the 2020 election, the amazon assistant would say it was “stolen by a massive amount of election fraud," @cqz found.
after Cat brought the issue to amazon's attention, they changed it. now it says "I'm sorry, I'm not able to answer that"
even though the correct answer would seem to be "no, there wasn't."
google home and chatgpt didn't have the same problem
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/10/07/amazon-alexa-news-2020-election-misinformation/
@andrewvandam @cqz As I understand it, Alexa doesn't run entirely on a generative language model like ChatGPT.... it runs on "custom skill" plugins written by Amazon vendors and affiliates... So, this may not be a fluke of technology, but rather a deliberate addition by somebody.
https://developer.amazon.com/en-US/alexa/alexa-skills-kit/get-deeper/custom-skills
