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Nonprofit Earth Species Project applied machine learning to detect carrion crow vocalizations and identify which bird made which call. The group is now developing NatureLM, a model trained on human speech, music and animal sounds, aiming to interpret vocalizations across species, building on decades of recording tools like hydrophones and biologgers.
Merriam-Webster has added a batch of artificial-intelligence and computing terms to its online dictionary, including 'agentic', 'AGI', 'compute', 'vibe coding' and 'natural language processing'. Lexicographer Peter Sokolowski said the words were selected after appearing repeatedly in mainstream media, with specialist 'definers' writing definitions aimed at general readers.
A concept discussed via Nature.com outlines transforming static research papers into interactive AI agents that readers could query directly. The idea would let users converse with a paper's content, methods, and data rather than just reading a fixed text.
Apple's Home app now offers AI-generated descriptive summaries and natural language search for security camera footage. These features require a paid HomeKit Secure Video subscription, with top-tier plans reaching up to $60 per month.
A digital edition of the 1911 Roget's Thesaurus was created in 1988 by MICRA Inc., a New Jersey company led by Patrick J. Cassidy, through manual transcription of the original text. The project was part of MICRA's wider work on electronic language resources, which also included digitizing Webster's 1913 Dictionary.