A new model called DolphinGemma can analyze sounds and put together sequences, accelerating decades-long research projects.
Google is collaborating with researchers to learn how to decode dolphin vocalizations «in the quest for interspecies communication.»
The DolphinGemma AI model, announced today, aims to decode the clicks, whistles, and squawks dolphins make to enhance «our potential connection with the marine world.»
Google trained the Gemini-backed model on a «vast, labeled dataset» of dolphin sounds compiled by the Wild Dolphin Project (WDP). The WDP has led the world’s longest-running underwater research project since 1985, Google says.
«I’ve been waiting for this for 40 years», says Dr. Denise Herzing, research director/founder at Wild Dolphin Project, in the video below. «Feeding dolphin sounds into an AI model like DolphinGemma will give us a really good look at if there are subtleties that humans can’t pick out. You’re going to understand what priorities they have, what they talk about.
