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<v Speaker 1>It's time for tech talk.

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<v Speaker 2>The machines are getting smarter. This is tech Talk brought

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<v Speaker 2>to you by Sky Natura.

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<v Speaker 3>So Alexa's begin going to become even more powerful in

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<v Speaker 3>my household.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know if I can handle that. I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>I will say this.

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<v Speaker 3>She does handle things that I don't want to handle,

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<v Speaker 3>Questions I don't want to have to answer. So it

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<v Speaker 3>is kind of nice. We've kind of come to an understanding.

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<v Speaker 3>It's just it's funny the way I hear my husband

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<v Speaker 3>speak to her. It's almost like he wants to yell

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<v Speaker 3>at me like that and can't, so he kind of

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<v Speaker 3>takes it out on Alexa or you know, maybe your

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<v Speaker 3>name that's better.

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<v Speaker 4>Mark Saltzman, our tech guru, joins us to talk about

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<v Speaker 4>Alexa Plus.

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<v Speaker 1>What's going on, Mark?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, Hey, So I'm just returning from a coming out

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<v Speaker 2>party for Alexa Plus. This is how they're celebrating how

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<v Speaker 2>Amazon is celebrating the tenth anniversary of Alexa, the personal

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<v Speaker 2>assistant used by more than on the world. Alexa Plus

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<v Speaker 2>is a much smarter Alexa. That's the bottom line. It's

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<v Speaker 2>leveraging generative AI, large language models that have been all

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<v Speaker 2>the buzzs all the age, of course since chat Chipet,

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<v Speaker 2>but Amazon's been working on their own for a long

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<v Speaker 2>while as well. So she's going to get a lot

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<v Speaker 2>more intelligent, a lot more personal, meaning like not just conversational,

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<v Speaker 2>but she's going to remember things about you and even proactive.

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<v Speaker 2>So let me give you some examples of what we

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<v Speaker 2>testrove yesterday in New York. And just so you know,

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<v Speaker 2>when you launch her for the first time, you just

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<v Speaker 2>say the wake word once and then after that you

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<v Speaker 2>do not need to keep saying burning. It's more conversational

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<v Speaker 2>like some of these other chatting platforms. So for example,

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<v Speaker 2>you can tell, like you Gary Shannon, you can tell

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<v Speaker 2>Alexa that when you've got a food preference, like I

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<v Speaker 2>love Thai food, but I'm also pescatarian, for example, And

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<v Speaker 2>when you asked to recommend some recipes to make it home,

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<v Speaker 2>it'll remember all of that, even if it's a year

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<v Speaker 2>down the road. It will. It may include a tie

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<v Speaker 2>recipe with no beef for pork in it, for example,

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<v Speaker 2>or if you ask for a good restaurant to make

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<v Speaker 2>a reservation, she'll recommend one based on proximity to you

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<v Speaker 2>and number of positive reviews. It leverages data from open table.

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<v Speaker 2>It'll make a reservation for you or if you want

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<v Speaker 2>to take out you know or whatever food delivery options.

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<v Speaker 2>It'll remember what you tell it. It will access your

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<v Speaker 2>calendar in contacts with your permission. So Alexa may notice

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<v Speaker 2>that you have double booked your daughter's dance recital with

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<v Speaker 2>picking up a friend from the airport same time, and

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<v Speaker 2>so she will call that out to you.

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<v Speaker 3>Maybe the day it's a real ding dong, isn't it,

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<v Speaker 3>mark what's worse going to lax or going to the

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<v Speaker 3>kid's recital?

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, I don't know that those are two selections

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<v Speaker 1>for my day.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, assuming you would rather be at your dance recital,

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<v Speaker 2>she Alexa may reckon men that you book an uber

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<v Speaker 2>to pick up your friend instead, and she'll book it

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<v Speaker 2>for you and even text your friend U pout it

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<v Speaker 2>so that that's kind of cool. Where it can analyze

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<v Speaker 2>it proactively Eliza calendar and make those changes and message

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<v Speaker 2>people you know. It could advise and summarize documents that

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<v Speaker 2>you update blowed rather to electa dot com of a

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<v Speaker 2>PDF from the HOA from your local HOA, And in

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<v Speaker 2>the future you can say, can I install pnals on

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<v Speaker 2>my roof am I allowed, and so we'll look at

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<v Speaker 2>that doc that you uploaded in the past and she'll say, yes,

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<v Speaker 2>but it seen from the road. Go for it, or

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<v Speaker 2>let me order it for you. Are the popular solar panels,

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<v Speaker 2>you can buy it that kind of stuff. It could

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<v Speaker 2>find video clips. If you have not just a smart speaker,

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<v Speaker 2>but a smart display. You can say, hey, did anybody

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<v Speaker 2>walk Buddy today? Buddy? And she'll remember that Buddy is

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<v Speaker 2>the name of your dog, Okay, and so Alexa then

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<v Speaker 2>will scrub forward through all of the ring video clips

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<v Speaker 2>from your home and show you if fog was seen

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<v Speaker 2>and if anybody was walking him or so. Yeah, I yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>So it's a lot more conversational. It can create stories

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<v Speaker 2>for kids, including images on the if you have a

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<v Speaker 2>smart display, not just a smart speaker. So it was

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<v Speaker 2>actually really impressive. I got to say. It was a

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<v Speaker 2>two hour demonstration and then some demos after that. And

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<v Speaker 2>it's going to be free for prime members. That's otherwise

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<v Speaker 2>it'll be nineteen ninety nine a month or so a

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<v Speaker 2>plus and it's going to start rolling out in Yeah.

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<v Speaker 4>But the price point I know that, I mean you

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<v Speaker 4>mentioned the price is there, nineteen ninety nine a month.

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<v Speaker 2>The issue you don't have Prime.

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<v Speaker 3>If you don't have Prime, my husband would never pay

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<v Speaker 3>for his side piece.

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<v Speaker 4>Well that's that's kind of what I'm saying, is that

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<v Speaker 4>the Alexa and all these you know helpers, they can

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<v Speaker 4>do a lot stuff.

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<v Speaker 1>Does it really need to be that tailored for people?

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<v Speaker 2>Well, it's just it's supposed to help you get more

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<v Speaker 2>done in less time. Right, It's supposed to be more intelligent.

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<v Speaker 1>And you don't have to.

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<v Speaker 2>Change how you speak to her either, like in the

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<v Speaker 2>past you had to talk Alexa speak for her to

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<v Speaker 2>understand you, or if you cut her off, she you

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<v Speaker 2>had to ask it again, or if you said you stuttered.

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<v Speaker 2>Now leveraging like hundreds and hundreds of other apps like

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<v Speaker 2>Uber or you know, open table. I gave those examples.

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<v Speaker 2>So it's just getting a lot more intelligent. It can

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<v Speaker 2>analyze documents. Whether you deem twenty dollars a month is

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<v Speaker 2>reasonable or not. I mean, I think that's steep. But

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<v Speaker 2>if you are already a Prime member, which to me,

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<v Speaker 2>there's a huge valuebook proposition there with free deliveries and

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<v Speaker 2>same day delivery, next day delivery, and access to Prime

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<v Speaker 2>music and videos you know, like movies and TV shows.

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<v Speaker 2>To me, it's a no brainer. But I can tell

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<v Speaker 2>you from a tech standpoint, price notwithstanding, it was really impressive.

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<v Speaker 1>All right, Mark, you.

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<v Speaker 2>Don't sound convinced.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm not.

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<v Speaker 4>I'm not.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't want her in my house.

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<v Speaker 2>You could have the regular, all the loss that's been

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<v Speaker 2>the same for ten years.

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<v Speaker 3>I support you not wanting her in your home.

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<v Speaker 4>I just she needs, like Shannon says, she needs to

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<v Speaker 4>know her lane, and I feel like paying her an

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<v Speaker 4>extra twenty bucks a month.

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<v Speaker 1>She's going to branch out and I don't need that.

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<v Speaker 1>Are you kidding? She's going to be intolerable. Hilarious.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, welcome back, Shannon. We haven't chatted in a couple

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<v Speaker 2>of weeks, so good to hear your boys.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, good to hear your voice as well. Mark, Thank you,

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<v Speaker 1>thanks as always.

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<v Speaker 2>Cheers, guys,