Google Home chief Anish Kattukaran announced several updates to the smart home platform that fix a long list of annoyances and idiosyncrasies. There’s also one noteworthy new addition: the introduction of “Live Search” for your cameras.
So, instead of Gemini only knowing about things that have already happened, it now understands what it sees in your live camera feeds. That means you can ask things like, “Hey Google, is there a car in the driveway?”
killmak on
Do people no longer have eyes? I wouldn’t trust “AI” to be accurate enough anyways. If I want to know if my kid is wearing a helmet I will look lol.
BarkLogic on
Wow! Really selling the one or two useful points of a system that’ll mainly be used for some sort of exploitation.
Stereo_Jungle_Child on
This makes “helicopter parenting” obsolete and ushers in the era of Big Brother total-surveillance parenting. I’m sure that will be SO much better.
When are we getting personal drones that follow each kid around 24/7 and report on their every move? (or do we already have those?)
DanimalPlays on
How is it that people aren’t horrified by this? You know this is the testing stage before this becomes common workplace practice right? Is everyone an idiot now? Goddammit.
OnlyHalfBrilliant on
Isn’t this the same non-stop surveillance that Ring cameras (rightly) got criticized for in that “lost dog” ad?
btoned on
Real talk here for parents…are you all SERIOUSLY using this type of monitoring tech to this EXTENT?
Like you realize you AND Google, Nest, etc are monitoring your family?
Smh. The absentee parents who buy this shit are the same ones who refuse to set up boundaries on their kids phones and home network and instead want OS level age verification.
PM_ME_UR_SO on
This sounds like a surveillance tool disguised as a cutesy house quirk.
bornlasttuesday on
Hey google, using the camera I slung over the fence, tell me what my neighbors wife is wearing.
grafknives on
Oh, HOAs power abusers will love it – just make camera cover whole cul-de-sac.
Ansh__08upadhyay on
gemini AI now powers Google Home cameras, offering live feed descriptions, smart alerts, and easy video search.
sciolisticism on
“Okay Google, does anyone on the street look like they might be an immigrant?”
Loki-L on
I have seen the results of AI trying to summarise text messages and extracting meaning from a video feed sounds harder.
dsxy on
Hey Google, this is ICE, any non whites in this area?Â
mxlun on
Imagine your 12 yo kid comes inside with a bruised knee.
2 hours later the cops show up and arrest you for neglect.
BitingArtist on
They found a way to deploy mass surveillance and get you to pay for it.
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Google Home chief Anish Kattukaran announced several updates to the smart home platform that fix a long list of annoyances and idiosyncrasies. There’s also one noteworthy new addition: the introduction of “Live Search” for your cameras.
So, instead of Gemini only knowing about things that have already happened, it now understands what it sees in your live camera feeds. That means you can ask things like, “Hey Google, is there a car in the driveway?”
Do people no longer have eyes? I wouldn’t trust “AI” to be accurate enough anyways. If I want to know if my kid is wearing a helmet I will look lol.
Wow! Really selling the one or two useful points of a system that’ll mainly be used for some sort of exploitation.
This makes “helicopter parenting” obsolete and ushers in the era of Big Brother total-surveillance parenting. I’m sure that will be SO much better.
When are we getting personal drones that follow each kid around 24/7 and report on their every move? (or do we already have those?)
How is it that people aren’t horrified by this? You know this is the testing stage before this becomes common workplace practice right? Is everyone an idiot now? Goddammit.
Isn’t this the same non-stop surveillance that Ring cameras (rightly) got criticized for in that “lost dog” ad?
Real talk here for parents…are you all SERIOUSLY using this type of monitoring tech to this EXTENT?
Like you realize you AND Google, Nest, etc are monitoring your family?
Smh. The absentee parents who buy this shit are the same ones who refuse to set up boundaries on their kids phones and home network and instead want OS level age verification.
This sounds like a surveillance tool disguised as a cutesy house quirk.
Hey google, using the camera I slung over the fence, tell me what my neighbors wife is wearing.
Oh, HOAs power abusers will love it – just make camera cover whole cul-de-sac.
gemini AI now powers Google Home cameras, offering live feed descriptions, smart alerts, and easy video search.
“Okay Google, does anyone on the street look like they might be an immigrant?”
I have seen the results of AI trying to summarise text messages and extracting meaning from a video feed sounds harder.
Hey Google, this is ICE, any non whites in this area?Â
Imagine your 12 yo kid comes inside with a bruised knee.
2 hours later the cops show up and arrest you for neglect.
They found a way to deploy mass surveillance and get you to pay for it.
[compression release.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uzUf9UkpDQ)
Could it manage to turn the effing lights on and off in less than 30 seconds first?!
Target audience: the US government (via Palantir, et.al.)