Humans might chat to dolphins with AI however Google boffins admits to phrases downside

Clever cogs at Google have developed a new model of AI that could reveal the secrets behind how dolphins communicate, opening the door to the chance of humans being able to chat to the animals

Boffins have said humans will soon be able to chat to dolphins thanks to Artificial Intelligence.

Scientists at Google have created a new model that could reveal the secrets behind how the animals communicate for the first time.

Google DeepMind’s DolphinGemma is a foundational AI model trained to learn the structure of dolphin vocalizations and generate novel dolphin-like sound sequences.

It has been programmed with the world’s largest collection of dolphin sounds, including clicks, whistles and vocalisations that have been recorded over several years by the Wild Dolphin Project.

Dr Denise Herzing, the founder and research director of the project said: “We do not know if animals have words.

“Dolphins can recognise themselves in the mirror, they use tools, so they’re smart but language is still the last barrier so feeding dolphin sounds into an AI model will give us a really good look at if there are patterns, subtleties that humans can’t pick out.

“The goal would someday be to ‘speak dolphin’.”

The model is programmed to search through sounds that have been linked to behaviour to find sequences that could indicate words or language.

Dr Thad Starner, a Google DeepMind scientist, said: “The model can help researchers uncover hidden structures and potential meanings within the dolphins’ natural communication, a task previously requiring immense human effort.

“We’re not just listening any more. We’re beginning to understand the patterns within the sounds.”

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