Talk Flipper to Me: Google’s AI Is Learning Dolphin

We trained AI to write poetry, code software, and deepfake politicians. Naturally, the next step was obvious: interpret dolphin gossip.

Google just launched DolphinGemma, a 400M-parameter AI model trained on decades of dolphin chatter. Built on its Gemma LLM base and powered by Pixel 9 phones, the project aims to decode, and eventually converse with, Atlantic spotted dolphins.

In partnership with the Wild Dolphin Project, this AI listens to vocalizations, tokenizes them with SoundStream, and predicts the next whistle or click. While researchers aren’t blasting AI-generated dolphin dialogue into the sea just yet, the tech may help create a shared vocabulary.

As we decode non-human communication, do we risk projecting ourselves onto them, or are we finally ready to listen? If you could understand any species, which one would you choose and why?

Read the full article on Ars Technica.

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