Update: October 5, 2026 (11:56 PM ET): Amazon has now confirmed to Android Authority that Alexa’s strange affliction was indeed a bug impacting “a small number of Alexa Plus” users. The company says it’s in the process of implementing a fix.
Original article: October 5, 2026 (11:34 AM ET): Sometimes, AI assistants inexplicably start acting up out of nowhere. For example, Gemini was refusing to answer questions on Android Auto just last week. But Google isn’t the only company that’s been having problems with its AI assistant in recent days. Amazon’s Alexa has also been exhibiting rather strange behavior recently.
