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Amazon Alexa tells users the 2020 presidential election was ‘stolen by a massive amount of election fraud,’ prompting Bezos’ empire to rush to explain content
The Alexa said the election was “stolen through a massive amount of election fraud,” while quoting Rumble, a right-wing video streaming site
Amazon did not say why the machines use information from unvetted sources when answering user questions
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Amazon’s Alexa has told users that the 2020 presidential election was “stolen through a massive amount of election fraud,” prompting Jeff Bezos’ empire to rush to explain the content in question.
An investigation by the Washingtonpost found that when the devices were asked if the election had been stolen, they cited unproven facts and said election fraud had occurred.
The Alexa said it was “stolen through a massive amount of election fraud,” while quoting Rumble, a right-wing video streaming site.
Amazon did not say why the machines use information from unvetted sources when answering user questions.
Amazon’s Alexa has told users that the 2020 presidential election was ‘stolen by a massive amount of election fraud’, prompting Jeff Bezos’ empire to rush to explain the content in question
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In another instance, Alexa quoted Substack saying the race was “notorious for many incidents of irregularities and evidence pointing to election fraud in major metro areas.”
Amazon claims to work with “credible sources” such as Reuters, Ballotpedia and RealClearPolitics.
After we were notified of the problem, the machine’s response allegedly changed, the Post reported.
Amazon spokeswoman Lauren Raemhild said in a statement: “These responses were errors that were delivered a small number of times and were quickly fixed when brought to our attention.
“We are continually monitoring and improving the systems we have in place for detecting and blocking inaccurate content.”
Polls continue to show that former President Donald Trump convinced a large portion of Republican voters that President Joe Biden’s 2020 victory was illegitimate.
A CNN poll published in August found that 69 percent of Republicans and Republican voters still believe Biden’s victory was not legitimate — up from 63 percent earlier this year.
Among registered voters who voted for Trump in 2020, the numbers were even higher, with 75 percent expressing doubts about whether the last election was conducted correctly.
Jeff Bezos is the billionaire founder of Amazon, which produces Amazon Alexa
Overall, pollsters found that 38 percent of Americans currently believe the so-called “big lie,” while 61 percent say Biden rightfully won the 2020 race.
Of the 69 percent of Republican voters who expressed skepticism about the 2020 election, 39 percent said they believed there was solid evidence that it was illegitimate.
The remaining 30 percent simply said they suspected something was wrong.
Another 29 percent of Republican voters believed Biden’s victory was legitimate.
Special Counsel Jack Smith detailed how many people in Trump’s inner circle told the president there was no evidence of widespread election fraud — including from the highest levels of the Justice Department and the Director of National Intelligence.
Federal prosecutors will have to prove that Trump knew he was lying about election fraud to prove their case.
Immediately after the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, 54 percent of Republican voters said they believed there was evidence the election was stolen from Trump — the lie the ex-president told his supporters.
Trump’s Republican rivals in 2024 tend to have it both ways: They have expressed skepticism about how the 2020 election was conducted, but will not say they believe Trump was the legitimate winner.
The new polls showed widespread concern about the US election.
Fifty percent of Americans said they thought it was at least somewhat likely that elected officials could successfully overturn the outcome of an election if their party did not win.
The indictment against Trump detailed a scheme the ex-president pursued, which included pressuring election officials, posting false lists of Electoral College electors and pressuring Vice President Mike Pence to overturn the election to be made during the joint session of Congress on January 6, 2021.
A majority (58 percent) said they have little or no confidence that the elections reflect the will of voters.
Another 42 percent said they had at least some confidence that the election would go well.
Only 13 percent of respondents said they had “very high confidence” in the US elections – the lowest percentage shown in CNN polling since 2021.