Today on The Vergecast: The Verge’s Jennifer Pattison Tuohy on the new AI-powered Alexa Plus.

My daughter heard Alexa respond to something and it's very different from how it used to talk. It's like, "You're very welcome, Jen. I hope you have a great day today and don't forget, you know, it's very different. " And she's like, "Oh my god, what was that.That's horrifying. " Now, to frame this, she's 14year-old and she hates AI. But, you know, it definitely opened my eyes to this because I've lived with an AI in my home for over a decade and I've never felt like it was part of my family or, you know, a ...