DolphinGemma AI analyzes dolphin communication

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• 🐬 Google's trying to chat with dolphins.

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🐬 Google's new AI could crack the code of dolphin speech

For decades, scientists have tried to understand dolphin chatter. Now, Google’s jumping in — with an AI built to listen and maybe even talk back.

📢 Meet DolphinGemma

Google's new AI model, built with Georgia Tech, aims to decode dolphin vocalizations — and maybe even talk back.

🧠 How it works:

🎙️ Trained on decades of real dolphin recordings
📊 Identifies patterns in clicks, whistles, and squeaks
🗣️ Predicts what dolphins might say next (like ChatGPT but for dolphins)

🌊 Hardware in the water:

Google created an underwater chat device
📱 Based on Pixel 9
🎧 With microphones + speakers
🤿 Enables real-time dolphin interaction

🌐 Coming this summer:

DolphinGemma goes open-source
🔓 Researchers worldwide can adapt it
🐬 For studying different dolphin species

💡 Why it matters:

❌ Past dolphin decoding tech fell short
✅ AI + 40 years of research = new hope
🌍 A step closer to understanding non-human intelligence

Could dolphins be the first animals we truly talk to?
Stay tuned. 🐬💬

Google DeepMind

🧠 DeepMind’s Push for Self-Learning AI

🧠 “Welcome to the Era of Experience” — that’s the bold new paper by AI legends David Silver and Richard Sutton.

AI is hitting a ceiling — and DeepMind wants to smash through it.

Instead of feeding AI tons of human-made data...
👉 They say it’s time to let AI learn from life itself.

Here’s what they mean:

Instead of training AI with static, human-curated data sets, DeepMind proposes “streams” — ongoing, real-world feedback loops that fuel AI learning through lived experience. Not just snapshots of knowledge, but continuous exposure.

🔄 Enter “Streams” — AI’s New Playground

🌀 No more static training sets.
🌐 DeepMind wants AI to learn through continuous real-world interaction — aka streams.

These streams act like a feedback loop:

• 📈 Health metrics (e.g. heart rate, blood pressure)

• 📝 Test scores & performance stats

• 🌎 Environmental sensors & data

Real signals. Real results. Real learning.

🚀 What Makes This Different?

Unlike quick Q&A sessions or curated training sets...
⚡ This approach lets AI adapt over time, just like humans do.

It builds on techniques that powered AlphaZero,
but applies them to open-ended, real-life challenges.

🧬 Why It Matters:

✅ Helps AI evolve beyond human-created limits
✅ Unlocks new discoveries no human ever taught it
✅ Keeps safety and adaptability in the loop

This could be the leap from imitating to inventing.
From smart... to superhuman. 💡🌍

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• OpenAI has quietly rolled out "Memory with Search," an enhancement to ChatGPT that allows the AI to incorporate details from your past conversations when conducting web searches. This feature builds upon ChatGPT's recently expanded memory capabilities, enabling more personalized search results based on your previously shared preferences and information.

• Beijing hosted a half-marathon featuring 21 Chinese humanoid robots, showcasing the country’s robotics ambitions. The fastest bot finished in 2:40:42—far behind the human winner’s 1:02:36. China aims to lead in humanoids by 2027, offering subsidies, tax breaks, and talent incentives to boost the sector.

• Meta’s FAIR research arm just published five new open-source AI research projects focused on perception and reasoning, showcasing advances in computer vision, 3D understanding, and collaborative AI capabilities.

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