Amazon's Ring can now use AI to 'learn the routines of your residence'

Ring has launched a beta Video Descriptions feature for its doorbells and cameras that uses generative AI to describe motion events and learn home routines to trigger anomaly alerts, available to Home Premium subscribers in the US and Canada. The article raises privacy and security concerns about how such data might be stored or shared, citing Ring’s past issues—including a 2022 swatting case involving compromised Ring accounts and a 2024 regulator-ordered refund over alleged spying—while Amazon states it does not log the generated descriptions.