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AI Decodes the Calls of the Wild

Artificial intelligence could reveal how animals of the land, sea and sky talk to others of their species.

Over the past year, AI-assisted studies have found that both African savannah elephants ( Loxodonta africana) and common marmoset monkeys ( Callithrix jacchus) bestow names on their companions. The work uncovered fine modulations of the intervals between clicks, which the scientists labelled ‘rubato’, borrowing a musical term for slight changes in tempo that make a piece more expressive. The work uncovered fine modulations of the intervals between clicks, which the scientists labelled ‘rubato’, borrowing a musical term for slight changes in tempo that make a piece more expressive.

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