AI subscriptions are rapidly taking over baby nurseries

Remember those grainy old baby monitors? So passé. Today, the modern nursery can be equipped with HD cameras and biometric sensors — all analyzed with artificial intelligence.

The technology can detect hazardous position changes or a blanket covering a baby's face, but also tracks less critical metrics that purport to help optimize infant sleep and health. Sapna Maheshwari, business reporter at The New York Times, recently wrote about this. She's been an avid user of the Nanit Smart Baby Monitor System with both of her children.

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“Aw, It’s Baby’s First A.I. Surveillance System” from The New York Times

“AI-powered IoT is creating a new security challenge” from Spiceworks