Amazon’s AI won’t stop at finding your lost dog

AMAZON'S NEW SEARCH Party feature was one curious highlight among the raft of updates the company offered at its annual hardware event in NewYork. It works like this: Your dog has escaped. Luckily, you ownanAmazon Ring camera, and it sends an alert telling you he’s on the move. You can post an alert to your neighbours to be on the lookout.

- DAVE LEE

Then, if a Ring camera somewhere else recognises a dog that looks like yours, it’ll give that homeowner the option to let you know. From there, you can arrange a reunion.

“The feature reflects Ring’s vision of using AI not just to power individual devices,” Amazon said, “put to transform them into simple tools that make it easier for neighbors to look out for each other, and create safer, more connected communities.” Search Party will work at first only with dogs, but support for cats is coming soon.