A startup company based in China claims to have invented an AI-powered device that can translate a pet\u2019s behavior and vocalizations into human speech.<\/p>\n
Pet translator apps have been around for years, but are usually only intended for humor and entertainment, with no real science behind them. However, Chinese startup Meng Xiaoyi, based in Hangzhou, has claimed that their new pet translator device genuinely works.<\/p>\n
The company started accepting preorders for the device at the beginning of May, and have since revealed that 10,000 units have been reserved by pet owners thus far.<\/p>\n
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The device explained<\/p>\n
The AI translator costs 799 yuan (roughly $118). According to the company, it is powered by Alibaba Cloud\u2019s Qwen language model, which uses accumulated voiceprint data that tracks animals\u2019 anatomical and behavioral traits.<\/p>\n
It is worn around the pet\u2019s neck, and can allegedly recognise their behavior, vocalizations, and emotions, and translate them into human speech, with an accuracy rate near 95%.<\/p>\n
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However, the company has faced some skepticism owing to the fact they haven\u2019t yet published any data or studies to support their claims of the device\u2019s capabilities.<\/p>\n
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Regardless, the company received the equivalent of $1 million from early investors, potentially serving as evidence of their confidence in the idea and potential, but not necessarily proof of the technology working exactly as claimed. <\/p>\n
For more stories on AI, check out our coverage of South Africa\u2019s AI policy which was written with AI<\/a>, or the AI Jesus you can talk to for $2 a minute<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A startup company based in China claims to have invented an AI-powered device that can translate a pet\u2019s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":690613,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[62,276,277,49,48,61],"class_list":["post-690612","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-ai","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-artificialintelligence","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/690612","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=690612"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/690612\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/690613"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=690612"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=690612"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=690612"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}