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Google releases SpeciesNet, an AI model designed to identify wildlife


Google has open-sourced an AI model, SpeciesNet, designed to identify animal species by analyzing photos from camera traps.

Google has open-sourced an AI model, SpeciesNet, designed to identify animal species by analyzing photos from camera traps. Many of Wildlife Insights’ analysis tools are powered by SpeciesNet, which Google claims was trained on over 65 million publicly available images and images from organizations like the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, the Wildlife Conservation Society, the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, and the Zoological Society of London. “The SpeciesNet AI model release will enable tool developers, academics, and biodiversity-related startups to scale monitoring of biodiversity in natural areas,” Google wrote in a blog post published Monday.

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