There is that old truism about "whispering in a woman's ear." Alexa just got overloaded by all the stimulation.
"Alexa and Siri Can Hear This Hidden Command. You Can’t... Inside university labs, the researchers have been able to secretly activate the artificial intelligence systems on smartphones and smart speakers, making them dial phone numbers or open websites. In the wrong hands, the technology could be used to unlock doors, wire money or buy stuff online — simply with music playing over the radio... This month, some of those Berkeley researchers published a research paper that went further, saying they could embed commands directly into recordings of music or spoken text... The proliferation of voice-activated gadgets amplifies the implications of such tricks... There is no American law against broadcasting subliminal messages to humans, let alone machines..." https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/10/...column-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news "Alexa, check my security settings Writing in the International Journal of the Internet of Things and Cyber-Assurance, Catherine Jackson and Angela Orebaugh of the School of Continuing and Professional Studies, at the University of Virginia, in Charlottesville, Virginia, highlight several issues and offer some advice for users..." https://phys.org/news/2018-05-alexa.html
