In Norway, scientists are using drones to detect a virus in humpback whales called cetacean morbillivirus. The drones are used to collect samples from whale blow, which the scientists then test for four different viruses. They published their findings last month in BMC Veterinary Research, showing that cetacean morbillivirus is circulating in northern ecosystems. The…
AI is decoding whale songs
The Cetacean Translation Initiative (CETI) has been translating sperm whale communications since its founding in 2020. CETI is now made up of more than 50 researchers who are using artificial intelligence to help them understand the whales’ language. Now, with help from a team at MIT, they are using an LLM (large language model) to…