02-27-25 YMS Amazon has unveiled a revamped Alexa that has new Artificial Intelligence features. National Correspondent RORY O’NEILL explains how much smarter the smart speaker is.

Amazon has unveiled a revamped Alexa that has new Artificial Intelligence features. National Correspondent RORY O’NEILL explains how much smarter the smart speaker is.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Previously on your morning show with Michael del Choano.

Speaker 2 (00:04):
If you want to use the talk back button and
share what your favorite Gene Hackman movie is. Roy o'neilis
our national correspondent, and I know Ury emailed me. We
really don't know much. There is something strange. I mean,
it's not odd for a ninety five year old to die.
That's a long life and an amazing fifty plus your
career with two oscars. But finding out that he was

(00:25):
found dead, his wife was found dead, even the dog
was found dead, makes you think carbon monoxide or something else.

Speaker 3 (00:30):
But no foul play is the only thing they're really releasing, right.

Speaker 4 (00:34):
Right, That's all we know so far that you found
the bodies during a welfare check yesterday afternoon there in
Santa Fe, New Mexico. And as you said, they indicated
that there were no signs of foul play. But to
find both adults and the dog dead is pretty remarkable.

Speaker 2 (00:52):
If it's not carbon monoxide, then it looks like they
decided to all go together or something.

Speaker 3 (00:56):
I don't know, right, dast league.

Speaker 2 (00:59):
Yeah, it's a lot of things, I guess, But did
you have a favorite? I mean, I brought up replacements
I know, that's an odd one to bring up. People
bring up the Firm, Posidon Adventure, Bonnie and Clyde, the
French connection.

Speaker 3 (01:10):
Yeah, Crimson Tide, Crimson Tide. He was great.

Speaker 2 (01:13):
It was great and everything, right, I mean in the firm,
he stole the firm from Tom Cruise.

Speaker 3 (01:17):
And the bird Cage.

Speaker 2 (01:19):
Bird Cage was great when he plays just a completely
out of there. There is a senator, by the way
that I was very close with. I won't mention the name,
and I swear he was portraying him.

Speaker 3 (01:32):
You know.

Speaker 2 (01:32):
He brings up Rush Limbaugh, Purple Mountains, Majesty.

Speaker 3 (01:36):
Yeah, the bird Cage I forgot about. I mean, single handedly.

Speaker 2 (01:39):
Most people would say de Niro, al Pacino, I don't
know what they would say. Hands down for me, Gene
Hackeran was the favorite actor of my life. Lex Luthor,
Lex Luthor, Superman. Yeah, I mean we could go on
and what a terrific actor, what a tremendous loss today, all.

Speaker 3 (01:53):
Right, guy for Low's for so long, That's true.

Speaker 2 (01:57):
He was and just you know, kind of I don't
know when he retired, it was about twenty maybe twenty
years ago.

Speaker 4 (02:05):
And then just kind of every now and then, he
had his last Yeah, IMDb had his last credit two
thousand and four for Welcome to Mooseport with Ray Romano.

Speaker 2 (02:15):
Yeah that wasn't a bad movie. But yeah, then he
just kind of went into obscurity and retirement. And then
every now and then you get pictures of him and
you're like, oh, wow, he's old but all right, And
Gene Hackman is dead at the age of ninety five.

Speaker 3 (02:29):
Sad sad day. Okay.

Speaker 2 (02:30):
Amazon has unveiled a revamping of Alexa.

Speaker 4 (02:34):
Yeah, it's got a lot more AI involved. A Alexa
Plus is the very clever name. Now here's the good news.
You don't have to buy a new device. Now, there
are some devices that will work better on but you
don't need to buy anything new. However, to use the service,
it's twenty bucks a month. Unless you're an Amazon Prime member,
then it's already included. This thing can book your Uber,

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it can get your food delivered, it can make travel
reservations even combined you know, read through and edit your
emails for you.

Speaker 2 (03:05):
So that's an Alexa Plus. If you don't have Amazon Prime,
she's a twenty dollars upgrade. So I think it's the
old Brady bunch. But remember when the old Brady bunch
they had Alice and then Alice they did they took
her for granted, Alice left and then they got Ka
you know it. Things seem like they should have given
her a new name. You know, well that was Alexa.
I'm now Josephine or something. But all right, so the

(03:27):
but we think it's more interactive and she can get
more done for you. Correct, I'll have to give her
a try or he's going to be back a little
bit later.

Speaker 1 (03:34):
On Miss a Little, miss a lot, miss a lot,
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del Churno