GE is IoT enabling most of their kitchen appliances, and unifying communication with them by a common "assistant" that they call "Geneva", to join Amazon's Alexa (and Apple Siri, Google Assistant, Microsoft Cortana etc).
Hopefully they put a serious effort in securing those appliances... Expert's recommendation: keep your IoT appliances of separate WiFi from your computers.
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"The Alexa skill built for GE and Monogram appliances is called “Geneva,” and Alexa device owners can use and control their GE appliances, for example, by saying, “Alexa, tell Geneva I want hot water,” which will tell the connected refrigerator to get hot water ready, the company said.
