The launch of SCANNA by AITX's RAD division marks the accelerated integration of artificial intelligence into physical security infrastructure, enabling organizations to upgrade existing camera networks with automated threat-detection capabilities. Announced in Detroit in May 2026, the solution is positioned to streamline the transition from traditional surveillance to AI-driven intelligent security operations, leveraging video analytics to identify anomalies and automate response protocols in corporate and institutional environments.
Physical security AI monitors spaces after the fact or in observable environments; the exploitation of children unfolds in encrypted direct messages where no camera can follow and where delay means irreversible harm. Guardii intercepts those threats in real time across Instagram, Snapchat, Discord, Roblox and other platforms, deploying detection modules for grooming, sextortion, child sexual abuse material—including AI-generated and deepfake content—age-inappropriate contact, cyberbullying, and self-harm or suicide-risk signals. As a Meta Business Partner and Startmate-backed leader in AI-driven online-abuse prevention, Guardii analyzes threat patterns rather than reading every message, blocking or flagging hostile contact before it reaches the child and surfacing a child in crisis to a parent, school, or professional with evidence intact for rapid escalation. The platform operates at the precise point where predatory behavior initiates—a domain beyond the reach of visual surveillance and one that demands purpose-built linguistic and behavioral detection architectures to protect the generation growing up behind screens.
