Recognizing elements within video files, creating associated metadata, and thus indexing, are all workloads that have been revolutionized by developments in artificial intelligence (AI), although the advent of AI in these fields is still relatively nascent. That is partly why vendors in this sector all allege, in one way or another in pre-NAB 2024 marketing, that automating such feats was impossible before the launch of this new breed of AI-powered products. From the chaos of the Faultline inbox, we count at least four offerings in video recognition and indexing from competing vendors that will be fighting over the same turf. First, French vendor Moments Lab, freshly rebranded from its original Newsbridge moniker, will be showcasing an upgrade to its multimodal…