AI Revolutionizes Tech and Dining While Enabling Crime at CES 2024 and World's First Autonomous Restaurant
CES 2024 Dominated by AI Gadgets and Virtual Kidnapping Scams Using Voice Cloning While Robotic Restaurant Showcases Automation
AI Takes Center Stage at CES 2024
- AI products and discussions dominate CES 2024 after hype around ChatGPT in 2023
- 130,000 expected attendees, 4,000 exhibitors including AI chips, appliances, vehicles
- Other tech like foldables, wearables, mixed reality also featured
- But hard for gadgets to stand out with so many competing products
- Not having an AI angle risks looking outdated
The Evolution of Virtual Kidnapping Scams Through AI
- Virtual kidnapping scams now using AI to replicate victim voices
- Criminals target foreign nationals like exchange students
- Recent case extracted $80K from Chinese student's parents
- AI makes hoaxes more believable by cloning voices from social media
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World's First Fully AI-Powered Restaurant Opening in Pasadena
- CaliExpress billed as world's first fully autonomous restaurant
- Leverages robotics & AI technology like self-order kiosks, robotic grill, Flippy fry bot
- Created by Cali Group, Miso Robotics as showcase for future of restaurant automation
- Customers order via biometrics, robots cook food for safety, quality, consistency
- Hopes to inspire students, push robotics forward as most autonomous restaurant concept
AI Takes Center Stage at CES 2024
Artificial intelligence is dominating the launches and discussions at this year's Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. On the heels of ChatGPT fever in 2023, companies are scrambling to showcase AI capabilities in their products, from computer chips and cards to appliances and vehicles. CES 2024 is expected to draw around 130,000 attendees to view exhibits from over 4,000 companies. Beyond AI, other tech trends at CES include foldable displays, wearables, mixed reality, voice assistants with generative AI, and various futuristic transportation options like electric aircraft. With so many competing products, it can be hard for any particular gadget to stand out. But exhibitors without some kind of AI angle risk appearing behind the times. As one analyst summed it up, “If you don’t have an AI story, are you even a tech company?” AI clearly takes center stage amid the flashy product launches and occasionally gimmicky gadgets debuted annually at CES
The Evolution of Virtual Kidnapping Scams Through AI
So-called "virtual kidnapping" scams, in which criminals falsely claim to have abducted a victim and demand ransom payment, are evolving thanks to artificial intelligence. These schemes frequently target foreign nationals like exchange students, whose families back home may have language barriers and time zone differences that scammers exploit. The recent case of a Chinese teen seemingly abducted in Utah shows how today's scammers are escalating demands, extracting $80,000 from his parents. Cybersecurity expert Dr. Chris Pierson says AI voice replication software makes the hoaxes more believable, grabbing sound bites from social media to fake a victim's voice. Though virtual kidnappings remain complicated crimes to perpetrate, AI enables easier collection of voice prints and other personal data to fool targets. Scammers then pressure victims to use burner phones and isolate themselves to avoid detection. While ransom sums were once under $10,000, today's electronic transactions enable bigger payouts. Law enforcement advises vigilance when contacted with alarming news, as schemers readily adapt new technologies to propagate cyber extortion.
Mixed 2024 AI Stock Outlook After Big 2023 Gains
After major stock gains in 2023 driven by artificial intelligence (AI) enthusiasm, analysts see a mixed outlook for AI names in 2024. Goldman Sachs predicts continued outperformance for companies like Arista Networks and Dell that benefit from AI infrastructure investment. But other analysts downgraded previous high-flyers MongoDB and Palantir on concerns that the AI stock euphoria has gone too far. Nvidia drew both bullish and cautious analyst takes. On the regulatory front, Morgan Stanley sees a lengthy process before enforceable AI rules are implemented in the U.S. Amid the varying outlooks, some analysts do spot fresh AI opportunities, with William Blair initiating positive coverage on automation software maker UiPath. Overall the AI stock story appears more complicated entering 2024 after a year when interest in generative AI and related names fueled major share price surges.
World's First Fully AI-Powered Restaurant Opening in Pasadena
Pasadena, California will soon be home to CaliExpress, billed as the world's first fully autonomous, AI-powered restaurant. CaliExpress utilizes advanced food technology like self-ordering kiosks, a robotic grill, and Flippy, an AI fry robot that can cook French fries to perfection. The restaurant is a collaboration between Miso Robotics, creator of Flippy, and PopID, a company simplifying orders through biometrics. Customers enter and order via PopID's self-service kiosks. Then Flippy and the robotic grill whip up the food, including burgers, fries, and drinks. The streamlined process reduces staff needs, creates a safer work environment, and improves quality and consistency. CaliExpress was created by Cali Group as a showcase for the future of AI and automation in the restaurant industry. With real-world demonstrations of the technology on display, Cali Group hopes to inspire students and push robotics forward. After years of R&D, Miso Robotics calls CaliExpress's marriage of technologies the world's most autonomous restaurant.
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