An Amazon Echo Can't Call the Police—But Maybe It Should
Jul 18, 2017•8 min
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Episode description
Despite what you may have heard, an Amazon Echo did not call the police earlier this week, when it heard a husband threatening his wife with a gun in New Mexico. On Monday, news reports took Bernalillo County authorities' version of those events credulously, heralding the home assistant as a hero.
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