Girls named Alexa bullied in school, parents want Amazon to change the name of their voice assistant 

Amazon has landed in a new soup because of its voice assistant, Alexa. Parents of girls named Alexa want the company to change the name.

Amazon has landed in a new soup because of its voice assistant, Alexa. No there was apparently any security lapse, no bug found in the Alexa-run devices, but it was the name itself that is posing trouble for Amazon. Several girls who share the name with Amazon’s voice assistant Alexa have been subjected to relentless bullying in schools. So much so that, some of them have even contemplated changing schools. The parents now want Amazon to consider renaming its voice assistant. As per the BBC report, parents of the children named Alexa have reported that their daughters are being subjected to relentless bullying in school because they share the name with Amazon’s, virtual assistant. They now want Amazon to change the wake word to a name that is non-human. The name became increasingly popular when Amazon announced its voice assistant services in 2014. All the Echo devices respond to commands that start with “Alexa”. This has been affecting the people who have the same name as Alexa.