Artificial Intelligence is Taking Surveillance Technologies to Next Level - iHLS

New deep learning techniques have enabled us to analyze video footage more quickly and cheaply than ever before, and a larger number of companies in Japan, America, and China are developing products with resembling capabilities. Similar features are making their way into home security cameras, with companies like Amazon and Nest offering rudimentary AI analysis. This sort of automated surveillance is only going to become more common in the future, with researchers working on advanced analysis like spotting violent behavior in crowds, and tech companies selling tools like facial recognition to law enforcement. A new AI security cam is designed to help shop owners in Japan spot potential shoplifters. It uses open source technology developed by Carnegie Mellon University to scan live video streams and estimate the poses of any bodies it can see. The security camera, called the "AI Guardman", was built by Japanese telecom giant NTT East and startup Earth Eyes Corp.