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Science:Life Sciences

What Are Sperm Whales Saying? Researchers Find A Complex 'Alphabet'

What Are Sperm Whales Saying? Researchers Find A Complex 'Alphabet'

2024-05-20
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Scientists are testing the limits of artificial intelligence when it comes to language learning. One recent challenge? Learning ... whale! Researchers are using machine learning to analyze and decode whale sounds — and it's just as complicated as it seems.

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