All y'all love AI, right? Get ready for Gemini in Nest cameras, Google Assistant

Google's Gemini AI is making its way to Nest cameras and Google Assistant, with the web goliath claiming the upgrade will make its smart devices smarter. Announced today, these Gemini-based features will be rolled out later this year to Nest devices for owners who are subscribed to Nest Aware, an $8-monthly service. The AI …

[Anonymous Coward]

Meh

[Phil O'Sophical]

We must be close to the tipping point where "AI inside" is actually seen as a negative even by general consumers.

[UnknownUnknown]

‘Smart devices smarter’…. Nah.

How about just less deaf and dumb as shit.

[Mage]

Re: Meh

Can you turn off the Assistant?

Can you use it without Google?

[PB90210]

"your data is safe and private, consistent with our principles."

Make your mind up!... is it 'safe and private' or 'consistent with your principles'?

[Neil Barnes]

"Did the Fedex van drive by?" maybe ok.

"Did Neil go by?" definitely not ok.

[lglethal]

Wait, wait, wait...

"... consistent with our principles."

Wait, wait, wait... Google has principles now? I thought those got thrown out with the "Do No Evil" Tagline?

[Snapper]

Re: Wait, wait, wait...

The principles will last 4 years, just like 'Do No Evil' and the rest of the discontinued Google stuff that people relied on.

[Anonymous Coward]

FedEx truck

There's scope for lots of mischief there. Wait until the FedEx truck has passed and then walk up to the camera wearing a UPS cap, and holding a parcel with a DHL label.

[Calum Morrison]

That would explain why YouTube has suddenly started randomly disconnecting from my trusty old ChromeCast - it's to make me want something newer, and shinier, innit? But I *like* that it just rattles through my photos by default when nothing is streaming. I knew it couldn't last...

[Shalghar]

Gemini ? In control ?

So is gemini finally shedding its racist/wokist behaviour pattern or will that continue to be an issue with anything its doing or spitting out ?

An "AI" thats showing only non white people when asked about pictures of the pope and only white caucasian people when asked to draw a random image of a villain might have even more issues than the other glorified sort-of sort algorythms that are currently misleadingly called "AI".

So how far will geminis "tendency" to racial bias still go ? Will it accept commands from old white men ? Can any surveillance thats pre filtered by gemini still be trusted or are suddenly all porch pirates old white males, no matter who really stole the package ? Can i ask for music from Beethoven or other old white men or will i be "informed" ,like with the family photos, that its not very nice to listen to old white music and wouldnt i like some african congo drums instead ?

Just take its dentures out. "im sorry dave, i cannot chew that"

[spold]

So now we have Google HAL connected to cameras - don't talk about disconnecting it even if you are in the shower.

[Anonymous Coward]

"Close the bathroom door, Hal"

"I'm sorry Dave, I can't do that."

[mostly average]

So more cloudy with a chance of outage?

Great idea! Take the server dependant hardware and make the servers even more expensive to run. That'll keep the product (service actually) out of the Google graveyard!