Can Artificial Intelligence Keep Your Home Secure?

To protect a property, these systems use technology like geofencing, facial recognition and A.I.-enabled cameras to help identify intruders. If someone breaks that boundary, the cameras will alert a command center. If someone loiters too long at a call box at the entrance to an estate, the system sends an alert to the monitoring center, which responds with a tailored warning, like "You in the blue shirt, please leave." Mr. Young said the system uses artificial intelligence to tell the difference between movement into and out of a property, but it also uses facial recognition technology to distinguish regular visitors -- like gardeners or delivery people -- from strangers. "When I worked at the White House, the grounds were gridded out with cables," said Mr. Young, who was part of the Marine One security detail and served as an emergency action planner to the executive branch during President George W. Bush's administration.