Someone just hooked up an AI model to a webcam and gave it real-time vision. Zero API costs.

Hugging Face's SmolVLM + llama.cpp = free, open-source live camera understanding. No cloud, no subscription, just local inference.

This is how you build vision apps without burning cash on API calls. The infra play for AI agents just got way more accessible.

If you're building anything that needs visual context (trading bots scanning charts, security systems, content moderation), this changes the cost structure completely.

Open source eating proprietary AI infrastructure one demo at a time.