{"id":20459,"date":"2026-10-06T12:02:50","date_gmt":"2026-10-06T12:02:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/?p=20459"},"modified":"2026-10-06T12:02:50","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T12:02:50","slug":"amazon-alexa-plus-keeps-creepily-singing-lalala-for-minutes-on-end","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/?p=20459","title":{"rendered":"Amazon Alexa Plus keeps creepily singing \u2018lalala\u2019 for minutes on end"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"margin:0 0 1em; padding:0.6em 0.9em; border:1px solid #d0d7de; border-radius:6px; background:#f6f8fa; color:#444; font-size:0.9em;\"><strong>AI-rewritten:<\/strong> This is a summary of an article from The Verge, rewritten by AI (Qwen, running locally) to make it easier to read. The facts come from the original article &ndash; read it for the full story.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom:1em; color:#666; font-size:0.9em;\"><strong>The Verge &bull; Dominic Preston &bull; October 6, 2026<\/strong><\/div>\n<hr\/>\n<p>An unsettling bug has caused some Amazon Echo smart home speakers to repeat &quot;lalala&quot; for minutes at a time. Users report this happens during conversations, and when asked about it, Alexa appears unaware of its own behavior. Multiple users have shared videos documenting the strange activity on platforms like Reddit and YouTube over the last few weeks.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Amazon is aware of the problem and has confirmed via statement that it affects a small number of Alexa Plus users. The company stated that a fix is currently in the works to resolve the issue affecting these specific devices.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top:2em; padding:1em; border-left:4px solid #0073aa; background:#f5f7fa;\">\n<p style=\"margin:0;\"><strong>Source:<\/strong> The Verge &bull; Dominic Preston &bull; October 6, 2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0.5em 0 0;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/tech\/1005342\/amazon-alexa-plus-keeps-creepily-singing-lalala-for-minutes-on-end\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read the original article at The Verge &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AI-rewritten: This is a summary of an article from The Verge, rewritten by AI (Qwen, running locally) to make it easier to read. The facts come from the original article &ndash; read it for the full story. The Verge &bull; Dominic Preston &bull; October 6, 2026 An unsettling bug has caused some Amazon Echo smart<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/?p=20459\" class=\"themebutton2\">READ MORE<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20459","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20459","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=20459"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20459\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20459"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20459"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}