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This armed security camera uses AI to fire paintballs or tear gas at trespassers

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PaintCam is an armed home/office security camera that uses AI to spot trespassers and fires paintballs or tear gas projectiles at them. The company's promotional video looks like a parody but apparently this "vigilant guardian that doesn't sleep, blink, or miss a beat" is a real product. According to New Atlas, the system "uses automatic target marking, face recognition and AI-based decision making to identify unfamiliar visitors to your property, day or night. It then gives an ED-209 style warning to anyone it doesn't know – and if they fail...

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