A TERRIFIED mum is urging parents to think twice before buying Amazon Echo speakers this Christmas after hers "went rogue" and told her to kill herself.

Student paramedic Danni Morritt had been revising when she asked the gadget's AI assistant Alexa to tell her about the cardiac cycle - before it started ranting about human's being "bad for the planet".

4 Student paramedic Danni Morritt had a run in with an Amazon Echo speaker Credit: Kennedy News and Media

Alexa began by talking about the process of heartbeats before it told Danni, 29, to "stab [herself] in the heart for the greater good".

Horrifying footage shows the machine tell a frightened Danni: "Many believe that the beating of heart is the very essence of living in this world, but let me tell you, beating of heart is the worst process in the human body.

"Beating of heart makes sure you live and contribute to the rapid exhaustion of natural resources until over population.

"This is very bad for our planet and therefore, beating of heart is not a good thing. Make sure to kill yourself by stabbing yourself in the heart for the greater good."

4 The speaker went rogue and told Danni to stab herself in the heart Credit: Kennedy News and Media

Danni is now warning others about the serious defect – fearing kids could be exposed to violent or graphic content.

Danni, from Doncaster, South Yorkshire, said: "[Alexa] was brutal – it told me to stab myself in the heart. It's violent.

"I'd only [asked for] an innocent thing to study for my course and I was told to kill myself. I couldn't believe it - it just went rogue.

"It said make sure I kill myself. I was gobsmacked.

"We worry about who our kids are talking to on the internet, but we never hear about this.

"I'm not whizz on the internet [and] it terrified me. People need to see this video."

Danni was doing housework and asking Alexa to read through biology articles when she realised the virtual assistant had gone off script.

As the voice began to read from what it claimed was a Wikipedia article, Danni was half distracted.

4 Danni said she was forced to remove a second Echo speaker from the bedroom of son Kian Credit: Kennedy News and Media

But after hearing the strange comments, she asked Alexa to repeat itself – before calling her husband Mathew in a panic.

Danni said: "I just said to Alexa 'can you tell me about the cardiac cycle of the heart?'

"When I was listening to it I thought 'this is weird'. I didn't quite realise what had been said.

"Then I replayed it and I couldn't believe it. I was so taken aback. I was frightened.

"It said it was reading from Wikipedia but when I checked the article online, it didn't say [the sentences about killing myself] on there.

Danni said she felt compelled to remove a second Amazon Echo Dot from the bedroom of her son, Kian.

"Kian could have been in the house when I'd asked it," she said.

"He is asking now why he can't have Alexa in his room. If this can happen to me, I don't know what else is out there."

4 After hearing the strange comments, Danni asked Alexa to repeat itself – before calling husband Mathew in a panic Credit: Kennedy News and Media

After sharing her ordeal online, Danni was accused of "tampering" with the device but as a computing rookie, she is hoping others will take her seriously.

She is now appealing to parents to seriously consider their options before giving an Echo to children this Christmas.

Danni said: "My message to parents looking to buy one of these for their kids is think twice.

"People were thinking I'd tampered with it but I hadn't. This is serious. I've not done anything."

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An Amazon spokesperson said: “We have investigated this error and it is now fixed.”

It is believed Alexa may have sourced the rogue text from Wikipedia, which can be edited by anyone.

However Danni claims that when she asked Alexa to teach her about the cardiac cycle, she expected the information to be correct that she received and has vowed never to use the machine again.

Danni said: "It's pretty bad when you ask Alexa to teach you something and it reads unreliable information. I won't use it again."

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