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A Decade After Alexa's Launch, Researchers Study Its Effect on Children
Amazon introduced the Echo speaker, and the voice behind it, Alexa, on November 6, 2014, then opened the device to the public the following July. A little more than a decade later, roughly one in four Americans owns one, and a good share of those households own two or three. Kids in these homes grow up talking to Alexa the way they talk to a sibling, tossing out orders and insults without much thought. A child who feels close to the family's Alexa grows more demanding toward

Maria Salinas
3 hours ago3 min read
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