If Karen’s thought they had it bad, they might want to check with what Alexa’s have going on in their world right now. There is a growing movement of parents wanting to rename the smart speaker’s assistant AI after a number of bullying incidents related to children named Alexa. Parents in the UK told BBC, “She started to not want to introduce herself because of the jokes and the backlash,” in regards to their daughter named Alexa.

Other parents have also expressed wanting Amazon to change the name of its speaker. Massachusetts-based Lauren Johnson started a campaign called “Alexa is a Human,” noting in a letter to Amazon that her daughter, is “constantly bullied at school and camp because her name is Alexa.”