diff --git a/frigate/config/config.py b/frigate/config/config.py
index 6465ef2a5..3934976d3 100644
--- a/frigate/config/config.py
+++ b/frigate/config/config.py
@@ -386,10 +386,10 @@ class FrigateConfig(FrigateBaseModel):
         description="Settings to configure a custom object detection model and its input shape.",
     )
 
-    # GenAI config
-    genai: GenAIConfig = Field(
-        default_factory=GenAIConfig,
-        title="Generative AI",
+    # GenAI config (named provider configs: name -> GenAIConfig)
+    genai: Dict[str, GenAIConfig] = Field(
+        default_factory=dict,
+        title="Generative AI configuration (named providers).",
         description="Settings for integrated generative AI providers used to generate object descriptions and review summaries.",
     )
 
diff --git a/web/public/locales/en/config/global.json b/web/public/locales/en/config/global.json
index 1c9fae77f..9dc991491 100644
--- a/web/public/locales/en/config/global.json
+++ b/web/public/locales/en/config/global.json
@@ -1119,7 +1119,7 @@
     }
   },
   "genai": {
-    "label": "Generative AI",
+    "label": "Generative AI configuration (named providers).",
     "description": "Settings for integrated generative AI providers used to generate object descriptions and review summaries.",
     "api_key": {
       "label": "API key",