HANGZHOU, China, Sept. 8, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- It's over a year since Hikvision launched the Guanlan large-scale AI models. In a very real sense, today's video systems 'understand' what they are looking at. They also know what has already been recorded and, thanks to the natural language innovations, what the user wants. These are the things that let a product fit the scenario it is deployed in – delivering operations that run more safely, at lower cost, and with less manual work.
AI detection and analysis: Alarms you can count on
Perimeter protection
The perimeter is where a wrong detection costs most. Legacy systems are easily triggered by animals, weather, and moving vegetation, burying real threats under manual assessment work.
Guanlan addresses this problem at the edge. DeepinViewX cameras run the model, cutting false alarms by 90% while detecting at twice the range of traditional cameras, with half as many repeated alarms on the same target. Whether using optical cameras for short perimeters, or thermal, radar, and fiber-optic sensing for vast distances, the AI helps reduce the noise.
Scenario-specific analytics
Beyond the perimeter, Guanlan moves past standard object detection to flag high-risk issues in specialized environments. Built for recognized operational risks, these applications typically reduce false alarms by 70% to 90%.
- Safety & compliance: Examples include Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) detection on construction sites, fall detection in care homes, and smoking detection in gas stations. In all cases, the system continuously monitors for risky behaviors and triggers instant alerts.
- Operational hazards: Examples include forklift detection in logistics parks, and early fire and smoke detection in mining sites using dual-channel thermal cameras.
- Specialized uses: Examples include animal detection for large farms and prohibited item detection at transport hubs – the latter powered by large X-ray and millimeter-wave models.
AI efficiency engine: Doing more with less
Saving storage with intelligent ROI compression
Conventional encoding treats every part of the frame as equally worth keeping. To deliver breakthrough video storage optimization, Guanlan Encoding brings the large vision model into the encoding pipeline. It uses precision Region of Interest (ROI) segmentation to preserve detail on dynamic subjects – people, vehicles, and other key objects – while applying heavier compression to static backgrounds. Storage savings average between 30% and 50%.
Searching video with just a few words
Finding a specific moment in recorded video has often been slow. An operator knows roughly what they are after and has no way to pinpoint it except by scrubbing a timeline.
AcuSeek removes that step. Built on a large multimodal model for natural language video search, it aligns image features with the meaning of a written phrase, so a description becomes a query. Results come back in seconds.
The next frontier: Software as an AI agent
Hikvision's new HIKO AI agent, arriving on the HikCentral Professional platform and Hik-Connect app, changes the interaction entirely. It sits between the system and the user, turning complex configurations into simple conversational commands.
HIKO acts as an AI Assistant that carries out administrative instructions instantly – like setting up visitor access against a plate number or pulling an attendance report just by asking for it. It functions as an AI Guardian, replacing rule configurations with a natural language command (e.g., "Alert me when the passageway is blocked"), tagging each alarm with a written summary, and composing contextual audio warnings from the scene. Finally, as an AI Search engine, it reconstructs a person's complete movement path – across video, door records, and ANPR reads – simply because the operator asked, "Where did the man in the blue shirt go?"
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Guanlan AI Applications: Higher Accuracy, Lower Cost, Smarter Interaction
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, Sept. 8, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Tencent Cloud, the cloud business of global technology company Tencent, today announced its collaboration with Bookme, which started in Pakistan and is now the fastest-growing travel and e-ticketing platform across the Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan and Pakistan (MENAP) as the company continues to strengthen its presence across international markets. Under the collaboration, Tencent Cloud provides scalable cloud infrastructure and technical expertise for Bookme's consumer platforms and embedded booking services, helping the company meet growing customer demand, manage extensive global travel inventory, and support a growing partner ecosystem across multiple markets.
Over the past 13 years, Bookme has helped digitize Pakistan's ticketing industry and evolved into a comprehensive travel and experiences platform serving more than 15 million customers. As one of Pakistan's earliest homegrown startups to expand overseas, Bookme has established a presence across five additional regions, including the Middle East and North Africa (MENA).
Driving Scale Through Cloud Infrastructure
As Bookme continues to grow its international presence, maintaining seamless search and booking experiences while managing extensive global travel inventory and partner integrations is a key priority. Tencent Cloud provides the infrastructure used to host and scale Bookme's digital workloads, supporting customer journeys across its consumer platforms and embedded booking experiences. Bookme's booking platform is also available via API in a mini-app format, delivered across more than 40 platforms.
Leveraging Tencent Cloud's infrastructure, monitoring services, security features, and technical support, Bookme is able to scale operations efficiently while maintaining the flexibility needed to accommodate spikes in demand during travel peaks, promotional campaigns, and major events. The collaboration also supports future service enhancements, ecosystem development, and continued business growth across multiple markets.
Rachel Xie, General Manager of Tencent Cloud MENA & General Manager of Operations, Channel Development and Marketing, Tencent Cloud International, said: "As digital platforms continue to expand across markets, having cloud infrastructure that can scale alongside business growth is increasingly important. Tencent Cloud is pleased to support Bookme with scalable infrastructure and technical expertise that help power its customer-facing platforms and partner ecosystem. We look forward to supporting Bookme's continued growth as it enhances its services and reaches more customers across international markets."
Faizan Aslam, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Bookme, said: "Bookme has evolved from helping digitize Pakistan's ticketing industry into a travel and experiences platform serving millions of customers across multiple markets. As we continue to expand our global footprint, having scalable technology infrastructure is critical. Tencent Cloud provides the flexibility and capacity we need to support evolving customer needs and deliver seamless experiences across our platforms."
Powering Bookme's Global Growth
Today, Bookme serves customers across Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and other international markets through its digital platforms and partner ecosystem. Its inventory spans flights across more than 500 airlines, over one million hotels, global events, airport lounges, e-visas, tours, and attractions, while also powering embedded booking experiences through a broad network of fintech, banking, and super-app partners.
With customer demand, travel inventory, and partner integrations continuing to grow, operational agility and scalability remain key priorities. Supported by Tencent Cloud's infrastructure foundation, Bookme is well-positioned to strengthen its partner ecosystem, enhance customer experiences, and introduce new services across markets.
The collaboration reflects Tencent Cloud's commitment to supporting high-growth digital platforms with secure, reliable, and scalable cloud technologies. By helping businesses build the infrastructure needed to support growth, scale operations, and deliver seamless digital experiences, Tencent Cloud continues to enable digital transformation across industries, including travel, lifestyle, and technology services.
About Tencent Cloud
Tencent Cloud, one of the world's leading cloud companies, is committed to creating innovative solutions to resolve real-world issues and enabling digital transformation for smart industries. Through our extensive global infrastructure, Tencent Cloud provides businesses across the globe with stable and secure industry-leading cloud products and services, leveraging technological advancements such as cloud computing, Big Data analytics, AI, IoT, and network security. It is our constant mission to meet the needs of industries across the board, including the fields of gaming, media and entertainment, finance, healthcare, property, retail, travel, and transportation.
About Bookme
Founded in Pakistan, Bookme has grown into the country's largest digital ticketing platform and is rapidly expanding across the MENAP region. Offering bookings for buses, flights, hotels, events, movies, and Hajj and Umrah, Bookme is emerging as one of the region's fastest-growing online travel platforms, trusted by millions of users.
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Tencent Cloud Powers Bookme's Global Business Growth with Scalable Cloud Infrastructure
