AI startup Prompt AI has launched Seemour, a visual intelligence platform that the company says is the first of its kind and can understand, describe, and act on what it sees when connected to a home camera.
Computer vision and machine learning are not all that new to the home technology world, with many popular camera manufacturers building AI, machine learning and computer vision into cameras to help give users more insights and control into their home’s security. This typically includes features such people detection, facial recognition, vehicle detection, simple motion detection, and delivery notifications, among others.
However, Seemour aims to take those capabilities a bit further, with features like intelligent video summaries of significant events captured by a camera.
The company says the technology leverages large vision-language models and machine learning to summarize multiple on-camera events into a single simple update. This also allows Seemour to review hours of footage and understand what’s happening in a home.
Here’s a video the company released along with its announcement:
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The AI also improves upon facial recognition capabilities by learning and remembering familiar people, allowing users to label them for more personalized notifications. However, it’s not just humans, as Seemour can also learn the names of dogs and cats to tell users which pet chewed the remote or got into the trash. Like features built into other security systems, Seemour will send alerts if it sees unusual or suspicious activity.
Package delivery notifications are also becoming standard in surveillance cameras, but Prompt AI says Seemour can actually detect exactly which service is at the door, whether it’s FedEx, Amazon or the USPS.
Prompt AI also says it will soon release an update that allows users to ask Seemour questions, like a typical intelligent assistant but with more detailed information. Some examples of this functionality include asking for help finding car keys or when family members left the home. Seemour will review footage and answer questions using naturally spoken language.
Users will also soon be able to remove individuals from video footage to protect their privacy and get custom visual alerts, the company says.
Essentially, Seemour “is like if your home could talk,” the company says in a press release.
“Imagine a future where you can ask your home what happened today or inform your roommate that you’ve stepped out to go to the grocery store when they open the fridge,” said Tete Xiao, chief executive officer and co-founder of Prompt AI. “That future is closer than you think, and we’re excited to bring it to you.”
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