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How we’re using artificial intelligence to help tackle the illegal trade in tigers
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How we’re using artificial intelligence to help tackle the illegal trade in tigers
FromWhat on Earth?
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Length:
19 minutes
Released:
Feb 9, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
In partnership with the UK’s Alan Turing Institute, EIA is currently working on an ambitious project to create a database of tiger stripe patterns – as individual as human finger prints – to help identify and trace animals in the wild and in illegal trade.
In this latest episode, EIA Senior Press & Communications Officer Paul Newman is joined by Shaun Buckley, a Data Scientist at the Turing Institute, to talk about the project and the challenges of developing this new cutting-edge tool.
In this latest episode, EIA Senior Press & Communications Officer Paul Newman is joined by Shaun Buckley, a Data Scientist at the Turing Institute, to talk about the project and the challenges of developing this new cutting-edge tool.
Released:
Feb 9, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
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