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DolphinGemma: How Google AI is helping decode dolphin communication
Dolphin researchers are using Gemma and Google Pixel phones to try to decipher how dolphins talk to one another.
By identifying recurring sound patterns, clusters and reliable sequences, the model can help researchers uncover hidden structures and potential meanings within the dolphins' natural communication — a task previously requiring immense human effort. The upcoming generation, centered around a Google Pixel 9 (research slated for summer 2025), builds on this effort by integrating speaker/microphone functions and using the phone's advanced processing to run both deep learning models and template matching algorithms simultaneously. Using Pixel smartphones dramatically reduces the need for custom hardware, improves system maintainability, lowers power consumption and shrinks the device's cost and size — crucial advantages for field research in the open ocean.
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