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Amazon Alexa won't stop saying 'lalala' and users are creeped out
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lichtmetzger discuss.tchncs.de lichtmetzger@discuss.tchncs.de
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Over the last month, users have been sharing reports about an issue with Alexa. It appears the AI will get stuck repeating the word “la” over and over again. According to these reports, Alexa will continue saying this word for several minutes before it stops. You can check out an example of the error in the video below.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFLtLb7vQHU

This isn’t the first time Alexa has been caught going haywire. Only a couple of months ago, users were taken aback when Alexa emitted guttural sounds, like those of a snarling animal. At least this most recent problem is a little less unnerving than that.

It’s unclear what’s causing Alexa to meltdown like this, but some users are blaming a recent update. Android Authority has reached out to Amazon for comment on the issue. This article will be updated when new information becomes available.

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helo1 piefed.world helo1@piefed.world
Joined: 2026-07-12
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Ha! "albuquerque new mexico" time!

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Brave Little Hitachi Wand feddit.uk yakko@feddit.uk
Joined: 2025-01-08
#3 · Quote Reply

I choose to believe it's the household deity voicing its displeasure at the occupants.

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Wildmimic anarchist.nexus Wildmimic@anarchist.nexus
Joined: 2025-09-05
#4 · Quote Reply

I associate these things with guardrails being broken, this should not happen on it's own. Maybe too much synthetic training data?

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neuracnu lemmy.blahaj.zone neuracnu@lemmy.blahaj.zone
Joined: 2023-06-14
#5 · Quote Reply

In the not too distant future
Next Sunday AD...

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Elvith Ma'for feddit.org elvith@feddit.org
Joined: 2024-06-21
#6 · Quote Reply

Ha! "albuquerque new mexico" time!

Ha exclamation mark quotation mark albuquerque new Mexico quotation mark time exclamation mark

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what beehaw.org what@beehaw.org
Joined: 2026-04-07
#7 · Quote Reply

"But why should we be scared of that thing?" they inevitably ask themselves

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Ftumch lemmy.today Ftumch@lemmy.today
Joined: 2026-02-13
#8 · Quote Reply

Perhaps some legend replaced all the training data with Trolololo?

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t3rmit3 beehaw.org t3rmit3@beehaw.org
Joined: 2023-06-16
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The person taking the video is literally prompting it by saying 'la la la' themselves. Why would they be surprised that it's response is to sing it back?

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lichtmetzger discuss.tchncs.de lichtmetzger@discuss.tchncs.de
Joined: 2024-05-31
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The person taking the video is literally prompting it by saying 'la la la' themselves. Why would they be surprised that it's response is to sing it back?

Sounds more like they just have a child in the background.

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SteevyT beehaw.org SteevyT@beehaw.org
Joined: 2024-06-25
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JOHN MADDEN JOHN MADDEN JOHN MADDEN JOHN MADDEN ...... FOOTBALL

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Pratai piefed.ca Pratai@piefed.ca
Joined: 2026-02-12
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“My AI device is acting weird!”

“Did you say “AI device””?

“Yeah….”

“LMAO!”

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Damage feddit.it Damage@feddit.it
Joined: 2023-06-12
#13 · Quote Reply

This world is too much for Alexa too

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decayedproton beehaw.org decayedproton@beehaw.org
Joined: 2023-06-09
#14 · Quote Reply

Stupid sans serif fonts, giving me false hope.

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Lushed_Lungfish lemmy.ca Lushed_Lungfish@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2025-02-14
#15 · Quote Reply

Around the World?

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