Amazon is being warned by Lindsey Graham about the potential of Alexa interfering in elections.
Users received varying responses from Alexa when asked to vote for Harris or Trump.
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., issued a stern warning to Amazon after its virtual assistant technology, Alexa, was discovered to have political bias in favor of Vice President Kamala Harris over former President Donald Trump.
In a letter to Amazon President and CEO Andrew Jassy, Graham, the head of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary, made it clear that he would not tolerate any further inaction on the matter.
On Tuesday, videos of Alexa responding to queries about voting for Harris or Trump went viral.
Alexa stated that she cannot endorse political content or a particular politician when asked by Planet Chronicle Digital to justify why people should vote for Trump.
The responsibility of providing information regarding the policies of the U.S. government lies with the government itself, and I do not have the ability to provide such information.
Alexa stated that Kamala Harris's most significant reason for being voted for is that she is a woman of color who has overcome numerous obstacles to become a leader in her field.
Her experience as a prosecutor and her record of accomplishment in the areas of criminal justice and immigration reform make her a compelling candidate.
Discussion on the stark difference between the two answers provided by Amazon's product quickly spread on social media.
Amazon later stated that the disparity in Alexa's responses was a mistake.
On Tuesday, a spokesperson for the company informed Planet Chronicle Digital that the error was promptly rectified.
In his letter to Jassy, Graham asserted that the "different responses indicate that Amazon's technology is influencing the election in favor of a particular political candidate."
Conservatives generally believe that companies like yours favor liberal causes, he remarked.
The senator considers the "shocking interaction" between Alexa and users as "exhibit A of the problem" in the minds of conservatives.
The Amazon president and CEO were informed by Graham that he expected a prompt response regarding the incident and the corrective actions to be taken in the future.
Amazon did not immediately provide comment to Planet Chronicle Digital.
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