Decoding animal communication

Built on

• AI accelerator chipsRecorded · 2016requires
• Transformer architectureRecorded · 2017enables
• Near-human speech recognitionRecorded · 2022enables

Led to

• Vowels found in whale speechRecorded · 2025enables
• Shipping steered around whalesForecast · ~2028enables
• AI talks back to whalesForecast · ~2032enables
• Animal feelings measuredForecast · ~2058enables
• Two-way animal conversationForecast · ~2060enables
• Music with animalsForecast · ~2086enables

Sources & evidence

• Additional source

Dataset updated 2026-10-18. This individual record has not been separately re-reviewed.