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In March 2018, a spate of news articles appeared, reporting that Amazon Alexa units are suddenly and without provocation playing a creepy laugh noise — sometimes scaring owners in the middle of the night. The claim appeared to have been started on 22 February 2018 with a video on Twitter of Alexa's purported creepy laugh: The rumor grew to encompass claims that Amazon was perplexed as to the nature of the glitch and is unable to address it: Technology outlets and other sites covering the Alexa glitch referenced a statement from Amazon, but did not quote the response in full, making it difficult to know precisely what the retailer said about the issue: Additional articles referenced subsequent requests for Alexa to turn on the lights, which depending on enunciation and dialect can sound like a command to laugh: We contacted an Amazon representative to ask about the Alexa glitch, but it seemed that reports of random creepy laughing stemmed mostly from misinterpreted requests to turn on a lamp or lights. Amazon confirmed to several outlets that it will be adding extra steps to trigger the laugh function.
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