# AI’s Next Trick? Speaking Dolphin

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/ais-next-trick-speaking-dolphin/
- Published: 2026-11-05T12:00:00+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-05T12:26:28+00:00
- Original publisher: Wired
- Original article: https://www.wired.com/story/wired-world-fair-2026-denise-herzing-wild-dolphin/
- Topics: AI, Technology

## Key points

- AI is helping researchers find patterns in dolphin sounds.
- Experiments have tested sounds for objects and habitat.
- Understanding dolphin culture remains a major challenge.

## Summary

Denise Herzing’s team is using AI to identify patterns in the clicks and whistles of Atlantic spotted dolphins, bringing researchers closer to understanding their communication. The work matters because it could improve knowledge of dolphin behaviour and human relationships with the ocean, though it has not yet enabled conversation.

Herzing began studying dolphin communication in 1985, and her group has collected extensive video and audio recordings. Working with Georgia Tech and Google DeepMind, researchers have also tested an underwater computer that plays sounds associated with objects such as a scarf and habitats such as sargassum. They still need to determine whether dolphins understand what sounds mean or are simply mimicking them.

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