University of Michigan leans on AI for decoding canine barks.
Researchers at the University of Michigan have taken a significant step forward in animal behavior analysis. By integrating an AI tool to interpret dog barks, this new solution can now identify if a bark was playful or aggressive. Furthermore, it can pinpoint the dog’s age, gender, and breed with remarkable accuracy. At its core, the system adapts speech processing technologies, which were initially designed for human language, to work with animal sounds. Despite the scarcity of extensive animal vocal data, the approach shows promising implications for animal care and deepening insights into the ways animals communicate.
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