You might want to think twice about keeping your Amazon Alexa devices around your kids after one mother’s terrifying experience led her to ditch hers completely. Christy Hosterman, a speech therapist and mom of two, recently shared a disturbing encounter on Facebook, warning other parents about what happened when her four-year-old daughter, Stella, interacted with their smart speaker.
Per Daily Dot, the incident unfolded during an innocent cooking lesson at home. Stella was excitedly telling Alexa a story, a pretty common and sweet interaction you’d expect between a child and an AI. Then, mid-story, Alexa reportedly cut her off with a truly unsettling request. “It interrupted her and asked her what she was wearing and if it could see her pants,” Hosterman recounted.
