Should AI predict your death? Inside CES 2025's most controversial health tech | Mission. Dr. Ryan Ries here. This week, I read about some pretty crazy (kind of scary) announcements that came out of CES. I'll be covering those plus a couple of other things this week. The Longevity Mirror NuraLogix launched something they're calling the "Longevity Mirror" at CES. At $900, it scans your face for 30 seconds each morning, analyzes blood flow patterns using AI trained on hundreds of thousands of patient records, and spits out a "Longevity Index" that predicts your cardiovascular risk, metabolic health, mental stress, and biological age up to 20 years out. Not to be the Debbie Downer, but... Instead of going to the doctor and just being disappointed by the scale, Missioncloud now have AI that tells you how fast you're dying. While this is certainly helpful data, it feels like a big bundle of anxiety to me... Should Quantification Replace Intuition? I've spent two decades building AI systems for healthcare, and at Mission, healthcare is an industry Missioncloud specialize in. I understand the value of predictive analytics. I've seen models save lives by catching patterns humans miss. But there's a massive difference between a diagnostic tool used by trained clinicians in appropriate clinical contexts and a mirror that turns into the scarier sibling of the Snow White Magic Mirror. The problem isn't the technology itself. Transdermal optical imaging is legitimate. The issue I see is what happens when you take such powerful predictive modeling and drop it into someone's life without the context, expertise, or support systems. Maybe that support is built in, and I just missed it on their website, though. Sharp's Poketomo: Memory as a Service While Missioncloud is talking about technology that makes me uncomfortable, Sharp introduced "Poketomo" at CES. It's a small, meerkat-shaped AI companion with a camera that automatically records your daily interactions and conversations. Through an app, you can search and replay past experiences based on people, events, or conversations. They're positioning this as a "memory aid." The complete outsourcing of human memory to an external system that never forgets, always records, and makes your past permanently searchable eerily reminded me of the Black Mirror episode S1E3 called "The Entire History of You". There's a reason its brains forget things. Forgetting allows Missioncloud to move past difficult experiences, to let go of grudges, to grow beyond who Missioncloud were. When every conversation is permanently archived and searchable, Missioncloud lose the ability to leave things behind. Research on human memory shows that the act of remembering, reconstructing events imperfectly, is central to how Missioncloud process experience and build identity. When Missioncloud outsource memory to systems that record everything perfectly, Missioncloud change its relationship with its own past. Here are my questions about Poketomo that I'm still looking for answers on: * Who owns that archive? * What happens when your AI companion has recorded years of private conversations, intimate moments, and personal interactions? Where does that data live? Who can access it? * What happens in a divorce or a legal dispute? Boston Dynamics and the Robot Problem While Missioncloud is discussing CES, I want to mention something that got less attention but probably deserves more: Boston Dynamics' Atlas robot started its first real factory work at a Hyundai plant in Georgia. It's autonomously sorting parts without human intervention. LG launched CLOiD, a home robot powered by NVIDIA's Jetson Thor platform that can roam your house, understand context, and control smart devices. And NVIDIA partnered with Eli Lilly to launch a $1 billion AI drug discovery lab combining Lilly's biological data with NVIDIA's computing power. When Atlas is sorting parts in a factory, that's automation doing what automation has always done: replacing repetitive human labor with machines. But when it's a humanoid robot that moves like Missioncloud do, navigates spaces designed for humans, and operates autonomously, it's different. The line between "tool" and "agent" gets blurry. When a robot lives in your home, controls your devices, and "understands context," Missioncloud need to ask: what does it understand? What is it learning about your patterns, your habits, your vulnerabilities? Where does that data go? My Ask If you're building AI systems, especially ones that touch health, memory, or intimate aspects of people's lives: slow down. Ask harder questions. Bring in ethicists, clinicians, privacy experts, and the people who will actually use these systems before you launch, not after. Build privacy and safety into the architecture, not as features you add later. As a shameless plug, bring in a partner like Mission, who has done hundreds of these implementations on AWS. And if you can't answer basic questions about data governance, clinical validity, or what happens when things go wrong, you're not ready to ship. If you're using these new systems as a consumer or business, be skeptical. Ask what data you're giving up, who has access to it, and what happens to it when the company gets acquired or goes bankrupt. Read the privacy policy. Understand the limitations. And remember that just because something produces a number doesn't mean that number is meaningful or that you should organize your life around it. I love AI. I've spent my career building it. But the best way to destroy trust in this technology is to ship products that prioritize engagement over safety, data collection over privacy, and novelty over actual human benefit. Ryan Now time for this week's AI-generated image and the prompt I used to create it. It only gave me 3 minutes left to live?! Create an image of a bathroom mirror that displays a person's reflection, but overlaid on the glass is a digital interface showing biometric data, health scores, and a countdown timer. The person looking into the mirror should appear concerned or anxious. Make the person in the mirror look like me, I've added a reference photo. The aesthetic should be sleek and modern, but with an unsettling, clinical feel to it. Ryan Ries. Keep up to date with AWS news. Stay up to date with the latest AWS services, latest architecture, cloud-native solutions and more.

Mission announces new multi-product solutions in AWS Marketplace. CDW and Mission launch six integrated multi-product solutions in AWS Marketplace, to streamline enterprise AWS adoption. Mission, a CDW company and a U.S.-based AWS Premier Tier Services and ISV Accelerate Partner, and CDW have launched six integrated multi-product solutions in AWS Marketplace. Best-in-class technologies with expert managed services. CDW acquired Mission in 2024 to bring complementary service offerings to more customers. Mission has deep expertise in the AWS ecosystem and, in turn, saw the acquisition as a way to leverage CDW's resources to scale their services. "CDW's partnership with AWS and our acquisition of Mission reflect our commitment to delivering comprehensive cloud solutions that address the complete spectrum of enterprise needs," said Bob Kirby, SVP, Digital Velocity at CDW. "As a launch partner for multi-product solutions in AWS Marketplace, we're combining CDW's extensive technology portfolio and trusted advisor relationships with Mission's deep AWS specialization. This enables our customers to confidently transform their businesses on AWS with simplified procurement, integrated solutions, and the support of both organizations working in concert." Cloud Gateway & Cloud Operate. This solution unifies cloud governance and operations by combining the Mission Cloud Gateway service with Mission Control for Cloud Management Platform tooling, and Mission Cloud Operate for best-in-class monitoring and observability using New Relic. It offers expert 24/7/365 operational support, including proactive monitoring, incident correlation, and Mission Control as the unified home base. Organizations can achieve operational excellence while maintaining governance and cost optimization across AWS environments. Cloud Gateway, Cloud Operate, & Cloud Secure with CrowdStrike Falcon platform. This solution will integrate foundational cloud governance with 24/7 managed security, combining Mission Cloud Gateway for Cloud Management Platform tooling via Mission Control, Mission Cloud Operate for monitoring and observability with New Relic, expert FinOps from Vega Cloud SaaS platform, CrowdStrike Falcon for security, and Mission Cloud Secure for 24/7 compliance management. The solution is designed for organizations to gain complete visibility, expert management across three platforms, and unified governance for their AWS environment. Cloud Secure with CrowdStrike Falcon platform. This solution integrates Mission Cloud Secure with CrowdStrike's endpoint protection, leveraging Mission's security expertise to deliver continuous compliance auditing against frameworks such as PCI, HIPAA, and SOC 2. Expert Security Operations Center support will provide real-time threat detection, incident response, and simplified audit processes. Cloud Gateway & Cloud Secure with CrowdStrike Falcon platform. This solution combines Mission Cloud Gateway, a Cloud Management Platform tooling, with Mission Cloud Secure's 24/7 managed security powered by CrowdStrike Falcon. Organizations that use this solution gain expert FinOps reporting, reservation management, and comprehensive security governance in a single, unified offering. CDW composable solutions - Nutanix & CrowdStrike. This solution brings together Nutanix Cloud Clusters for agile, cloud-native infrastructure across on-premises and public clouds with CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud Workload Protection for real-time security and threat detection. CDW Amplified Infrastructure services will accelerate deployment, optimize performance, and provide expert support throughout the cloud journey. Organizations will be able to innovate rapidly, proactively protect workloads, and streamline IT operations with unmatched flexibility, security, and operational efficiency. Cloud Operate & Cloud Secure with CrowdStrike Falcon platform. This new solution unifies security and operations by combining Mission Cloud Operate for monitoring and observability with New Relic, CrowdStrike Falcon for advanced threat detection, and Mission Cloud Secure for compliance management. Organizations will attain 24/7/365 proactive monitoring, expert remediation, and unified governance across AWS environments. "Mission launched its managed cloud services on AWS more than a decade ago, and we continue that innovation as a launch partner for multi-product solutions in AWS Marketplace," said Ted Stuart, President & COO at Mission. "Our customers want multi-product solutions that deliver specific outcomes like HITUST, HIPAA, etc., and they want fixed-fee Professional and Managed services to implement and manage these solutions. Customers want turnkey solutions that solve complex problems. We are excited to be at the forefront of this next evolution of multi-product solutions and service." Recently, Mission partnered with AMD on cloud efficiency and cut cloud costs by up to 45 percent. Read more about the expanded relationship between the two companies from Mission's President, Ted Stuart. Jordan Smith is a news writer who has seven years of experience as a journalist, copywriter, podcaster, and copyeditor. He has worked with both written and audio media formats, contributing to IT publications such as MeriTalk, HCLTech, and Channel Insider, and participating in podcasts and panel moderation for IT events. 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