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07-10-2017, 10:49 PM
Police: Amazon Alexa didn't call 911, but it did call us about domestic dispute
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A fight, a cry for help, and a very proactive, possibly heroic Amazon Alexa smart home voice assistant.
This, in a nutshell, is the story (http://mashable.com/2017/07/10/smart-speaker-911/?utm_cid=hp-h-1#we0mARQRFWqu&utm_campaign=&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=) of an alleged fight over the weekend in New Mexico between Eduardo Barros and his girlfriend and, apparently, a smart speaker, which was connected to the couple's home stereo system. According to authorities, the speaker heard these words, "did you call the sheriffs" and then called the police.
SEE ALSO: Smart speaker calls 911 during domestic dispute, police rescue woman and daughter (http://mashable.com/2017/07/10/smart-speaker-911/)
On Sunday the Bernalillo County Sheriff Dept. in New Mexico identified the incredibly helpful speaker as a Google Home (http://mashable.com/category/google-home/) device, only to recant a few hours later.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/07/10/amazon-echo-calls-sheriff/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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This, in a nutshell, is the story (http://mashable.com/2017/07/10/smart-speaker-911/?utm_cid=hp-h-1#we0mARQRFWqu&utm_campaign=&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=) of an alleged fight over the weekend in New Mexico between Eduardo Barros and his girlfriend and, apparently, a smart speaker, which was connected to the couple's home stereo system. According to authorities, the speaker heard these words, "did you call the sheriffs" and then called the police.
SEE ALSO: Smart speaker calls 911 during domestic dispute, police rescue woman and daughter (http://mashable.com/2017/07/10/smart-speaker-911/)
On Sunday the Bernalillo County Sheriff Dept. in New Mexico identified the incredibly helpful speaker as a Google Home (http://mashable.com/category/google-home/) device, only to recant a few hours later.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/07/10/amazon-echo-calls-sheriff/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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