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AI Is Deciphering Animal Speech. Should We Try to Talk Back?

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Researchers are using artificial intelligence to crack the code on animal communication.

Project CETI has used machine learning to analyze more than 8,000 sperm whale clicks.

Google and the Wild Dolphin Project recently introduced DolphinGemma , a large language model (LLM) trained on 40 years of dolphin vocalizations.

China 's largest search engine, Baidu , filed a patent to translate animal vocalizations into human language.

The end goal could (read: could) be a kind of Rosetta Stone for the animal kingdom, powered by AI .

The Earth Species Project plans to launch its flagship audio-language model for animal sounds, NatureLM, this year .

A recent paper on the ethical concerns of using AI to communicate with whales outlined six major problem areas.

These include privacy rights, cultural and emotional harm to whales, anthropomorphism, technological solutionism, gender bias, and limited effectiveness for actual whale conservation.

That last issue is especially urgent, given how many whale populations are already under serious threat.