Artificial intelligence could help night vision cameras see color in the dark

Night vision is typically monotone—everything the wearer can see is colored in the same hue, which is mostly shades of green. But by using varying wavelengths of infrared light and a relatively simple AI algorithm, scientists from the University of California, Irvine have been able to bring back some color into these desaturated images. Their findings are published in the journal PLOS ONE this week.
For this experiment, the team only tested their algorithms and the technique on printed color photos. However, Browne says that they are looking to apply this to videos, and eventually, real world objects and human subjects.