Wildlife conservation with AI

A file photo of a herd of adult and baby elephants walking in the dawn light in southern Kenya. Scientists are using AI and machine learning to help save endangered species around the world. — AP

As the march of technology continues to press forward, it’s not just humans that have been benefiting from its advancement – researchers are finding ways to use new tools to help many vulnerable animal species as well.

Scientists from the Benioff Ocean Science Laboratory collaborated with the Marine Mammal Center to deploy technology-packed buoys off the coast of San Francisco as part of the “Whale Safe” initiative, intended to combat incidents of whale deaths due to collisions with boats and shipping freighters at sea.