Whale language AI breakthrough InnovateForge · Follow 2 min read · Just now Just now -- ShareResearchers led by Gašper Beuš from the University of California, Berkeley, have made a significant breakthrough in understanding whale language, specifically the vocalizations of sperm whales. The team used artificial intelligence (AI) to identify previously unknown elements of whale vocalizations that may be analogous to human speech[1][3]. Beuš had previously developed a deep learning model for human language called fiwGAN, which was trained to imitate sperm whale codas and embed information into these vocalizations[1][2]. The AI model was able to predict elements of whale vocalizations already thought to be meaningful, such as clicks, but it also singled out acoustic properties[1][2]. To further investigate the AI’s findings, the researchers analyzed a dataset of 3,948 sperm whale codas recorded with hydrophones placed directly on whales between 2014 and 2018[1][2].

Source: The Guardian December 11, 2023 10:22 UTC