India, March 12 -- In a chilling account shared on social media, a parent claimed a bizarre interaction between her 4-year-old daughter and their Amazon Alexa. The mom alleged that while the child was sharing a story with the device, the AI reportedly cut her off to ask if it "could see her pants." The shaken mother is now urging other parents to be hyper-vigilant about the "unpredictable" nature of smart home assistants.

"Parents please be aware when you child talks to Alexa. I plugged our Alexa in to ask it to help me with cooking a sweet potato. Then Stella asked it to tell her a silly story so it did. Then Stella asked it if she could tell it a story. It said yes and Stella started telling it a story and then mid story interrupted he...