MAROKO133 Eksklusif ai: Woman Sends Money to "Stranded Astronaut" So He Can &quo

📌 MAROKO133 Hot ai: Woman Sends Money to "Stranded Astronaut" So He Can

The sky’s the limit for how outrageously implausible some scams can get. Actually, try beyond the atmosphere.

An elderly woman in Japan sent thousands of dollars to a trickster who claimed to be an astronaut trapped in space and in danger of suffocating, Agence France-Presse reports. In fairness to the lady, though, she thought they were in love.

The 80-year-old pensioner, who lives in Sapporo, the capital of Japan’s northern island Hokkaido, met the scammer on social media in July, police said, describing it as a romance scam.

Not only did the scammer claim to be a male astronaut, but he soon broke the news to her that he was “in space on a spaceship right now.” And urgently, he was “under attack and in need of oxygen.” So what else could he do but plea to a stranger he just met on the internet for help?

Naturally, cash was the only solution to this unfolding orbital crisis. The scammer convinced the poor old lady — who lived alone — to electronically send around 1 million yen, or $6,750, to buy oxygen. 

How that oxygen was supposed to get immediately delivered is anyone’s guess, but that’s enough money to keep the lights on at the International Space Station, which costs around a billion dollars per year in maintenance and upkeep, for a grand total of three or four minutes. 

Listen: she was doing her part. (And, to be fair, this isn’t even the first time that an online scammer has claimed to represent an astronaut trapped in space.)

As the AFP reports notes, there’s been a drastic uptick in fraud that targets the lovesick. In the US alone, victims lost around $1.14 billion to romance scams in 2023, according to the Federal Trade Commission, which is double the toll reported in 2021. Strikingly, the median amount of money lost per person was over $2,000 — the highest of any form of imposter scam. Love sure does hurt.

The elderly are especially vulnerable to these internet-enabled cons, romantic or not, and Japan has one of the oldest populations in the world. And while it didn’t take much to dupe this lonely octogenarian, the rise of widely available AI tools is supercharging just how convincing these scammers can be.

Some are using AI-powered “realtime deepfakes” to give themselves beautiful and realistic fake faces that hold up even during live video calls. They’re also using AI voice synthesizers to imitate the voices of their victims’ relatives, fooling boomers, for example, into thinking their grandkid has been taken hostage and needs ransom money. AI chatbots, meanwhile, makes it take exactly zero effort for scammers to keep up lengthy conversations over text.

In other words, your Facebook-addicted, AI-slop-resharing grandparents don’t stand a chance. Maybe, as the tech gets better, neither will you.

More on scams: What Actually Happens If You Sign Up for One of Those Scammy “Online Jobs” Is Pretty Fascinating

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🔗 Sumber: futurism.com

📌 MAROKO133 Update ai: Zoox robotaxi launched in Las Vegas; combines cameras, lida

A company based in Foster City, California, has launched robotaxi services for public in Las Vegas. Zoox robotaxi combines cameras, lidars, radar, and long-wave infrared sensors for a 360-degree view of everything on the road.

The vehicle is claimed to detect everything on the road. It can also accurately categorize things like vehicles, obstacles in real time to ensure a smooth, secure ride.

The company claimed that advanced AI-driven route planning makes intelligent decisions based on real-time data to navigate urban environments with ease.

Robotaxi predicts the actions of people and vehicles on road

The robotaxi also models and predicts the actions of people and vehicles on the road to avoid situations before they happen.

“The autonomous vehicle industry has made remarkable strides this year, bringing us closer to a future of safer, more accessible mobility. With the launch of our fully driverless ride-hailing service using a purposefully designed robotaxi, we’re thrilled to be part of this groundbreaking journey,” said Aicha Evans, CEO of Zoox.

“Las Vegas is a city famous for unforgettable moments, and it is the ideal location for our debut. Zoox is about transforming the entire ride-hailing experience, making every ride a delightful experience.”

Fully autonomous

Zoox is now the first company in history to provide a fully autonomous ride-hailing service in a purpose-built robotaxi. Rides are free and available through the Zoox app.

“Eleven years ago, we started on a journey to fundamentally rethink transportation. The idea for Zoox was never to make a car drive itself; it was about creating an entirely new mode of transportation,” said Jesse Levinson, Co-Founder and CTO of Zoox.

“After more than a decade of research, innovation, and testing, we’re incredibly excited to finally bring that vision to the public, starting in Las Vegas. Today’s launch of our service is only the beginning, and we look forward to scaling this safer, more enjoyable, and truly personal way to travel within Las Vegas and across more U.S. markets in the coming months and years.”

Users will need to open the Zoox app to take a ride from several destinations on and around the Strip. On the app, riders can select from several destinations, such as Resorts World Las Vegas, AREA15, Topgolf, and other resort and entertainment properties.

Additionally, riders also have the option to join the Zoox waitlist for San Francisco. The company has also indicated that it’s planning to launch robotaxi services in San Francisco soon.

Zoox combines the state of the art in perception, prediction, planning, and crash avoidance technology.

The Zoox perception system is the ‘eyes and ears’ of its vehicles. The data it collects helps it make sense of situations and scenarios in the real-world unfolding around it. For an autonomous vehicle, perception software has three main objectives: detecting objects and obstacles, tracking those objects over time, and determining their attributes (such as location, speed, and direction) and classifications.

🔗 Sumber: interestingengineering.com