By: Rohit Nagar
University of Michigan researchers are studying AI for decoding dog communication.
Tools are being developed to differentiate playful and aggressive dog barks.
AI can gather a dog's age, breed, and gender from vocalizations.
Human speech models are being adapted to understand dog barks.
The study analyzed vocalizations from 74 dogs in various contexts.
AI software can identify dog breed, gender, and age from sound.
Advances in AI can revolutionize our understanding of animal communication.
Data collection is challenging due to the difficulty in recording animal vocalizations.
Understanding dog vocalizations can improve animal welfare and human responses to dogs.