- The Shift
- Posts
- The Most Bizarre AI launches at CES 2026
The Most Bizarre AI launches at CES 2026
Plus, How to instantly visualize outfits & characters with Higgsfield AI stylist, Lenovo introduces Qira at CES 2026, and more!
In partnership with
Welcome back to The Shift. Let’s get straight to what matters in AI today…
Today we have:
🤖 The Most Bizarre Tech at CES 2026
👗 How to Instantly Visualize Outfits & Characters with Higgsfield AI Stylist
📽️ Lenovo Introduces Qira at CES 2026
🔨Tools and Shifts you cannot miss
🧩 Prompt of the Day
🤖 The Most Bizarre Tech at CES 2026
CES 2026 was not just about big platforms and serious innovation but also about strange, surprising, and oddly specific gadgets. These products stretch how far AI and hardware can blend into everyday life. Some feel playful while others feel quietly ambitious.
The Shift:
1. An’An AI Panda Robot - Designed for older adults, this soft panda robot responds to touch, learns voices and habits over time, provides emotional companionship, issues reminders, and shares updates with caregivers.
2. Ultrasonic Chef’s Knife - Using ultrasonic vibrations over 30,000 times per second, this $399 knife slices through food with less effort while remaining silent and visually motionless during use.
3. Zeroth Robotics W1 - Inspired by WALL-E, this $4,999 mobile robot offers home security patrols, smart home alerts, camping assistance, gear transport, photography, and portable power.
4. Mira Ultra4 Hormone Monitor - This $249 egg-shaped device enables at-home hormone tracking through urine testing, providing insights into fertility and conditions such as PCOS, PMDD, perimenopause, and menopause.
These products reflect how CES continues to push technology into increasingly personal, emotional, and experimental spaces, even when the use cases feel unconventional.
TOGETHER WITH LEVANTA
Why AI Isn’t Replacing Affiliate Marketing After All
“AI will make affiliate marketing irrelevant.”
Our new research shows the opposite.
Levanta surveyed 1,000 US consumers to understand how AI is influencing the buying journey. The findings reveal a clear pattern: shoppers use AI tools to explore options, but they continue to rely on human-driven content before making a purchase.
Here is what the data shows:
Less than 10% of shoppers click AI-recommended links
Nearly 87% discover products on social platforms or blogs before purchasing on marketplaces
Review sites rank higher in trust than AI assistants
👗 How to Instantly Visualize Outfits & Characters with Higgsfield AI Stylist
Higgsfield AI Stylist lets you go from a single photo to production-ready character visuals in seconds. No photoshoots, no styling team.
How it works
Upload one photo: Start with any character or model image.
Choose a style category: Pick from 7 categories covering outfits, aesthetics, and character types.
Customize pose and background: Adjust stance, scene, and vibe to match your creative intent.
Generate instantly: Higgsfield handles styling, lighting, and consistency automatically.
✨ Perfect for fashion brands, creators, character concepts, and ad creatives You can try it here.
📽️ Lenovo Introduces Qira at CES 2026
At CES 2026, Lenovo introduced Qira, a built-in cross-device personal intelligence. Qira runs at the system level and carries context across Lenovo and Motorola devices. It is designed to operate continuously in the background.
The Shift:
1. System-level, cross-device intelligence - Qira is embedded into devices rather than accessed through an app, maintaining continuity as users switch devices and tasks.
2. Defined by Presence, Actions, and Perception - Qira can surface suggestions, perform tasks, and build a personal knowledge base using user-approved data. It can operate both online and offline.
3. Built-in user experiences - Capabilities include writing assistance, live interaction during screen sharing, meeting transcription, translations, summaries, and catch-up recaps. Creator Zone supports focused visual creation.
4. Partner-powered ecosystem - Qira integrates Microsoft’s AI stack, Stability AI, Notion, Perplexity, and Expedia Group services. Lenovo provides a single interface across devices.
Qira will ship directly on Lenovo PCs starting in Q1 2026 and expand to Motorola devices later. With Lenovo’s global device footprint, this approach places a persistent AI layer directly into everyday computing environments.
TOGETHER WITH NEURONS
Attention spans are shrinking. Get proven tips on how to adapt:
Mobile attention is collapsing.
In 2018, mobile ads held attention for 3.4 seconds on average.
Today, it’s just 2.2 seconds.
That’s a 35% drop in only 7 years. And a massive challenge for marketers.
The State of Advertising 2025 shows what’s happening and how to adapt.
Get science-backed insights from a year of neuroscience research and top industry trends from 300+ marketing leaders. For free.
🔨AI Tools for the Shift
🌀 AI Moire Remover – Remove moire patterns from screen photos and clean halftone dots from scans instantly with AI.
🎬 MaxVideoAI – Create professional AI videos from one hub with transparent pricing before you generate.
📡 Beacon AI – Track and improve your brand visibility across ChatGPT Perplexity and Google AI Overviews.
✍️ SocialPost – Generate on-brand social posts with AI that look agency-made for free.
🎥 Pixwit AI – Create cinematic videos from text or images using AI.
🧩 Prompt of the Day
How to Build Pre-Launch Hype That Creates Real Anticipation - Turn a quiet launch into a moment people are already waiting for, talking about, and ready to act on.
Paste the prompt: Drop this into ChatGPT, then fill the placeholders with your product name, launch date, and the channels or creators you already have access to.
Prompt to paste
Create a pre-launch hype campaign plan for [Product or Launch name]. Include Teaser content ideas: [Types of posts or videos such as sneak peeks, countdowns, behind-the-scenes]. Influencer partnerships: [Potential collaborators or creator types]. Launch date countdown: [Timeline from X days before launch to launch day]. Output a simple timeline with what to post, where to post it, and the purpose of each phase (curiosity, credibility, urgency).
That’s all for today’s edition see you tomorrow as we track down and get you all that matters in the daily AI Shift!
If you loved this edition let us know how much:
How good and useful was today's edition |
Forward it to your pal to give them a daily dose of the shift so they can 👇
Reply