Google can now View and Understand Videos, by using Artificial Intelligence

I am not sure how good that Google is at understanding videos. However I have seen huge advances in Google AI.

Just a year ago I would laugh at most of the answers that Google AI would give me.

Now, 80% of the answers are useful.

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Yes, Google has the capability to 

view and understand videos, utilizing advanced AI and machine learning technologies. 

Here's how Google processes videos and what it can understand:

• Google Cloud Video Intelligence API: This service uses pre-trained models to analyze video content. It can recognize objects, places, and actions, extract metadata, and detect explicit content.
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• AutoML Video Intelligence: Users can train custom models to classify and track objects in videos. This allows them to recognize specific items or activities.
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• Video Understanding in AI: This AI area focuses on training AI systems to interpret and comprehend video content. It analyzes visual elements, such as objects, scenes, and activities, and their relationships over time.
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• Gemini AI: Google's Gemini AI can process videos to provide summaries or extract specific information. It can extract action items from meetings or product details in announcement videos, as long as captions are enabled.
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• Bard's YouTube Extension: This tool can be trained to understand YouTube videos, enabling richer conversations about their content. 

In simpler terms:

• Google uses AI to analyze videos.
• These AI models can identify objects, actions, and scenes.
• They can also extract text and transcribe speech.
• This allows Google to understand the video's content for content moderation, searching, and recommending relevant videos. 

Example: Google's AI can analyze a cooking show video, extract ingredients mentioned, and add them to a virtual shopping cart. This streamlines the shopping experience. 

Note: Google's AI may face limitations with blurry text, complex fonts, or obscured objects. Also, one source suggests that Google might not directly index video content but relies on metadata, captions, and context from the page it's embedded in to understand its relevance.