Google can recognize elements and actions in a video with artificial intelligence

Google has announced the Cloud Video Intelligence API, which is currently in private beta that allows users to search through videos based on their content. Google’s artificial intelligence breaks down the video into shots, and provides an analysis of the content of each shot along with a probability score. Mikael Wahlberg, VP Product Development at Cantemo, one of the early clients of Google to use the Cloud Video Intelligence API says “Thanks to the Google Cloud Video Intelligence API, we have been able to very quickly process and understand the content of video down to the individual frame, with an impressively rich taxonomy. This will revolutionize media management and take it to the next generation.” Essentially the Cloud Video Intelligence API allows users to search through videos in the same way as they search through text.