Scientists are closer than ever to deciphering the secret language of sperm whales. AI could be the key.

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Scientists are closer than ever to deciphering the secret language of ****** whales. AI could be the key.

Project CETI is harnessing AI to understand the complex communication system of

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In a new study, the project’s scientists used AI to decode thousands of ****** whale clicks.

CETI founder David Gruber hopes this work will help humans protect whales from noise pollution.

Whales are highly intelligent, social creatures, so it makes sense that their songs and clicks are probably more than just random sounds. But just how complex is

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Researchers from Project Cetacean Echolocation Translation Initiative (CETI) are closer than ever to finding out by deciphering that language.

Using

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to decode clicks from ****** whales, the scientists discovered a sophisticated alphabet hidden in the animals’ sounds.

That alphabet is the fundamental communications system of the ****** whale, David Gruber, founder and president of Project CETI, told Business Insider.

“It shows that there’s a lot of information that can be carried, and they’re living very complicated, interactive social lives,” he said.

But this is just the beginning. Building this

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into their AI models should allow Project CETI to ***** even deeper into the intricacies of whale speak, helping humans better understand and protect these gentle giants.

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****** whales communicate with each other in bursts of clicks known as codas.Project CETI

****** whales are the loudest animals in the ocean, filling the seas with codas — short bursts of rapid clicks that resemble Morse Code. And similar to

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, their clicks are what they mainly use to communicate and socialize with other ****** whales.

The researchers used AI to analyze and look for patterns in roughly 9,000 codas collected by the Dominica ****** Whale Project — an organization dedicated to studying ****** whales in the

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Their goal was to answer one simple question: Could they predict the next click?

So, they trained a

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on 80% of the codas, and then ran it to see if it could predict the remaining 20%, Gruber said.

Their results, which they documented in a

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published in the peer-reviewed journal Nature Communications, were astounding.

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****** whales are the loudest animals in the ocean. Their codas can be as loud as 230 decibels. That’s almost twice as loud as standing next to a jet engine during takeoff.Project CETI

The algorithm predicted the remaining codas with about 99% accuracy, he added. It was a good sign that the codas followed

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As they dug deeper into the database, the researchers discovered that the codas actually contain an entire phonetic alphabet, made up of different elements that the researchers call “rhythm,” “tempo,” “rubato,” and “ornamentation.”

These elements combine in various ways to form a vast array of distinct codas, suggesting that ****** whale language is more expressive and structured than scientists previously believed, the researchers reported in their paper.

Gruber and his colleagues are a long way from understanding what the whales are actually saying. But the team continues to ***** deeper for clues, hoping to answer questions like: How much information can a single coda carry? And can we begin to translate their messages to better understand, and potentially protect, them?

To begin answering these questions, Project CETI is fishing for more data.

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A Project CETI collaborator holds the drone that the researchers use to observe ****** whale behavior and body language.Project CETI

In partnership with the Dominica ****** Whale Project, Project CETI observes and documents ******

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using a variety of different technologies.

To record codas, they tag whales with acoustic bio-logging devices that

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and provide data specific to each individual whale.

Project CETI is also working to build a fixed-bottom listening station in the island of

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, which will record ****** whale sounds across a wide area and create a three-dimensional, interactive map of the whales’ locations at all times, Gruber said.

The researchers supplement these auditory recordings with

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of the whales’ body language and field observations taken by Project CETI researchers. This provides the necessary context that should help the team understand these sounds on an even deeper level.

“Think of a baby trying to learn a language. It’s paying attention, it’s looking for context. We feel a lot like we’re

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Studies suggest that ship traffic has increased significantly since the early 1990s, and the resulting underwater noise pollution is an issue of growing concern for whales and other marine species.Brandon Sloter/Getty Images

“We ask every day, how is this going to service the whales? How would this benefit them?” Gruber said of the project’s research.

One potential benefit is better noise pollution mitigation.

Studies suggest that shipping traffic is on the rise, and resulting

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is an issue of growing concern. It can impact whales’ ability to hear each other and disrupt their behavior, according to NOAA.

If we have a better grasp on how whales communicate, it could help inform ways to manage underwater noise pollution and help us better understand its impact on the animals, Gruber said.

“I know that there will be amazing things to come from our understanding of these complex, majestic, beautiful animals,” he said.

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