12.01.2018 - 05:07 [ Next Web ]

AI learns how to fool speech-to-text. That’s bad news for voice assistants

Of course, upon hearing the distorted audio (which sounds like the voice of satan in the above video) any human would recognize something isn’t right. Which is why the researchers took things a step further.(…)
Imagine a cyber-attack that renders voice-control inoperable at scale, or ties up voice-ready systems (like your phone, tv, computer, and car) with processor intensive commands, which could be embedded in something as innocuous as a Justin Bieber song.
How do we teach Alexa how to cover her ears?