🔍 Episode Title: ONVIF AI StandardsGuest: Leo Levit, Chairman of ONVIFHost: Don Morron | AI PHYSEC TODAYThe security industry is entering a new chapter and ONVIF is once again at the center of it. In this episode, we break down how the world’s leading standards body for physical security is tackling artificial intelligence and why AI metadata, digital trust, and cross-vendor interoperability will define the next decade of security technology.If you’ve ever wondered what AI standards will actually look like, why they matter, or how ONVIF will influence multi sensor and multi vendor environments, this is your episode.⸻🔥 In This Episode We Cover:• What ONVIF really is and why it was created back in 2008How a common language for IP video solved chaos in the early days of network cameras and VMS platforms.• The new AI problem ONVIF is trying to solveWhy today’s AI systems desperately need a shared way to exchange events, objects, context, and even natural language.• Inside the ONVIF AI Working GroupWhat the team is researching, what problems they’re mapping, and why this matters even before a formal AI profile exists.• Standardizing AI information flowWhat kind of metadata must be shared across devices and applications to make AI useful and interoperable.• Why vendor-locked AI pipelines are a dead endAnd how industry standards free integrators, consultants, and end users from closed ecosystems.• How Model Context Protocol and other emerging AI “languages” could fit into ONVIF’s future workWhere ONVIF sees alignment…and where it sees gaps.• Evolution from Profile M to true AI metadata standardsHow the organization is building on existing analytics work to support far richer, context aware AI.• Digital trust, authenticity, and the threat of deepfakesHow ONVIF is thinking about certifying original media in a world where synthetic content is easy to generate.• Moving from reactive to proactive securityHow standardized AI metadata helps operators prevent incidents instead of replaying footage afterward.• Where AI still falls short todayAccuracy, context, edge compute constraints, market expectations…the real limitations and opportunities.• Cutting through the marketing noiseHow standards bring clarity to what AI solutions can and cannot do.• The future state: multi sensor, multi vendor, AI powered securityWhat a fully interoperable environment could look like in 3 to 5 years.• How integrators, consultants, and end users can prepare nowSteps to stay ahead and avoid being locked out when AI-driven cloud and metadata features become the norm.⸻👍 If you work in physical security, this episode is a must-watch.You will walk away knowing exactly where AI standards are heading and how they will reshape your operations, deployments, and long-term strategy.Subscribe for more AI and physical security insights every week.Leave a comment with your biggest takeaway or question for Leo.
