Apple Intelligence-Won't Speak on Automatic and Played Sesame Street When Asked the Time. (OMG)

I just 'installed' apple intelligence after being prompted on my iphone. I ask Siri a question and s/he won't speak. S/he is only silent. Interestingly, sometimes my Mac Studio in proximity makes a chime or a sound when I ask.

I can get Siri to speak when Siri Responses>Prefer Spoken Responses is on, but I don't get why Siri is silent when Responses>Automatic is on. I mean, i am not on do not disturb, and it's daytime.

Also, I asked Siri "Siri, what time is it," and suddenly an episode of Sesame Street called "Clean-Up Time" was playing over my Sonos speakers. I don't even have a child. And I couldn't turn it off. Somehow siri turned that on via the Sonos App - and I found it in the app and turned it off. OMG.

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