Google DeepMind Announces DolphinGemma – A Breakthrough Artificial Intelligence Model That Can Run on Mobile Phones, Opening New Opportunities in Dolphin Communication Research.
Google's AI research lab, Google DeepMind, has just announced an important breakthrough in animal communication with the launch of DolphinGemma – an AI model specifically designed to decode sounds emitted by dolphins. The project marks Google's technological giant's efforts to apply artificial intelligence to wildlife research.
Developed based on Google's open-source Gemma model platform, DolphinGemma was trained with data collected from the Wild Dolphin Project (WDP) – a non-profit organization specializing in research on Atlantic spotted dolphins and their behavior. The special feature of this model is its ability to generate "dolphin-like" sound chains and operate effectively on mobile devices, specifically smartphones.
AI Technology on Pixel 9 Opens a New Approach
According to Google, this summer, WDP plans to use the company's Pixel 9 smartphone to operate a platform capable of generating synthetic dolphin sounds and listening to dolphin sounds to find appropriate "responses". Previously, WDP used Pixel 6 for this research, but upgrading to Pixel 9 will allow researchers to simultaneously operate AI models and pattern recognition algorithms.
The combination of advanced AI technology and modern mobile devices provides the ability to collect and analyze data on-site, a crucial factor when studying wildlife in their natural environment. This is seen as a breakthrough in the approach to animal communication research, which traditionally required bulky and expensive specialized equipment.
This project not only illustrates the potential of artificial intelligence in expanding human understanding of the natural world but also demonstrates the increasing trend of integrating complex AI models into mobile devices, where they can be more widely applied beyond laboratories.
If successful, this research could provide deep insights into the communication methods of one of the most intelligent species on the planet, while opening up new possibilities for applying AI technology in biodiversity conservation and research.
