Post #31

Funny (or frightening) piece of news on Monday, guys! During Super Bowl game, Google’s ad for the Google Home aired on millions of TVs: loving families at home meeting, hugging, and being welcomed by the Google Assistant. Someone says “Okay, Google,” and that’s one has triggered a whole bunch of Google Assistants all over the United States. This isn’t the first time television has set off people’s home assistants. A month ago, a TV broadcast accidentally triggered a whole bunch of Amazon Echos. At some point, some enterprising TV writer or ad jerk is gonna plant an “Okay, Google” on TV with intent and force everyone to listen to the music he wants or to buy something on Amazon. This is a massive troll waiting to happen. https://goo.gl/wiiZs6