AI video descriptions are coming to Blink safety cameras

AI is already crafting natural-language summaries of what Amazon’s Ring and Google’s Nest cameras are seeing, and now the AI-generated descriptions are coming to Blink cameras, too. 

Slated to start rolling out as we speak in beta to U.S. customers, Blink Video Descriptions will make use of AI to research the video occasions captured by Blink safety cameras after which generate descriptions of what’s taking place. 

The characteristic, which can work with all present Blink cameras and doorbells, will begin off as a free preview for “choose” Blink Plus subscribers, in keeping with a Blink spokesperson.

In a Blink promotional clip, an AI-generated description for an occasion video reads, “An individual in a pink shirt is driving a motorcycle in entrance of a white home,” which just about summarizes what’s taking place within the video. 

The movies descriptions are “designed to solely ship probably the most related data” and can “give attention to describing the principle topic that precipitated a movement alert and what motion they’re taking,” Blink mentioned. 

Blink Video Descriptions are much like the AI summaries generated by Ring’s Sensible Video Search, which rolled out to Ring subscribers greater than a 12 months in the past. Each Blink and Ring are owned by Amazon. 

Google has additionally rolled out its personal generative-AI video descriptions powered by Gemini, whereas different safety cam producers (reminiscent of Eufy) have their very own variations of the expertise. 

For now, Blink Video Descriptions apply solely to particular person video occasions. In distinction, Google’s Gemini for Residence may also generate “Every day Briefs” that summarize your day by day good house exercise, together with movement occasions captured by Nest cameras. 

As well as, Blink Video Descriptions should not searchable, as are the AI descriptions rendered by Ring’s Sensible Video Search characteristic. 

One situation with Blink Video Descriptions that continues to be up within the air is whether or not it can require a subscription as soon as it’s out of beta, with a Blink spokesperson telling me that “we don’t have any particulars to share on subscription necessities for Blink Video Descriptions at the moment.”

Blink provides two paid subscription tiers: a $3.99-a-month Fundamental plan that provides 60 days of video historical past, AI-powered particular person and automobile detection, and different options for a single Blink digicam, and a $11.99/month plan covers all of your Blink cameras whereas including an prolonged guarantee. 

This information story is a part of TechHive’s in-depth protection of the greatest safety cameras.