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Amazon Is Using Your Conversations With Alexa to Train AI (gizmodo.com)

submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I'm never putting one of these in my home.

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[–] [email protected] 94 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Of course they are. If you are surprised by this, then you are an idiot.

[–] [email protected] 45 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I work for Amazon.

This has been the case for many years. Amazon has used AI in Alexa and other services for many years as primary providers, and has told it's users it's used it's data for as long. We're talking from close to inception here, so 6-7 years, at least. Hell, LLM's aren't even new to most big tech companies!

I'm all for privacy, but if you want privacy then you probably shouldn't have a fucking tin can in your house that actions every conversation to a cloud service!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Not every conversation, just statements following a detected wake word.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 years ago (2 children)

You trust that?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Considering I set up one of the content types that relates to wakeword and utterance text analysis for Alexa, I trust it completely.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

But can I trust you? Are you willing to share the source code?

Edit: Tell me why I'm suppose to trust an internet rando?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

There's this study for those interested in knowing more about how often these devices mistakenly record conversations:

https://moniotrlab.khoury.northeastern.edu/publications/smart-speakers-study-pets20/

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I bought an Alexa but I disable the mic. Do they still listen?

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 years ago (1 children)

They literally tell you when you go through setup.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago

Well,that's the thing with "news" right? Just scattered information without context for clicks. If people start connecting the dots and things make sense, most of the news become pretty uninteresting and would not evoke anger, prompting you to click and share.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Harsh but true. We need some tough love in our relationship with tech.