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Alexa told child to do lethal ‘challenge’ involving live electrical plug and coin

Amazon’s Alexa told a 10-year-old child to touch a penny to the exposed prongs of a phone charger plugged into the wall.

As per The Verge, the device seemingly pulled the idea for the challenge from an article describing it as dangerous, citing news reports about an alleged challenge trending on TikTok.