Japanese media pay attention to China's promotion of popularization of bird recognition AI, which in addition to monitoring and protection can also prevent infectious diseases

News on June 29, Japanese media ZDNET recently published an article saying that China is promoting the popularization of bird recognition AI across the country. They can not only be used to determine species and population numbers, but also It can prevent infectious and epidemic diseases caused by birds.

In cities such as Kunming, a large number of migratory birds visit at a certain time every year, but previously the only way to count the arrival of migratory birds was through naked eye observation and empirical judgment. Nowadays, judgment errors can be significantly reduced by using bird recognition AI, which can identify and distinguish different migratory birds from photos, and count the number of migratory birds at the same time.

The person in charge of the development of bird recognition AI said that when studying vision-based AI, developers sometimes actively use bird recognition as a means of verifying algorithms because there are many types of birds and they are very similar to each other. Similarity can well reflect the ability and level of the algorithm.

The article introduces that China’s most advanced bird recognition AI currently uses not only images, but also sounds. In many places with obstacles such as forests, people often can only hear birds singing but cannot see flying birds. So the developers designed an algorithm to convert birdsong into frequency spectrum and extract its features to identify birds. Through the combined recognition of images and sounds, the recognition accuracy of AI can be further improved.

There are many different deployment options for bird monitoring AI currently used in China, such as installing small servers near parks or lakes, and uploading data to cloud servers after localized AI processing. Another option is to hand over all data processing to the cloud. Either way, labor costs are significantly reduced and round-the-clock monitoring efficiency is significantly improved.

The article concluded that these technologies also bring an additional benefit - less human intervention allows birds to stay in the monitored area longer without being frightened. China is also applying the technology to more areas, such as predicting epidemics and infectious diseases originating from birds, with current systems capable of identifying more than 800 bird species.

IT House previously reported that animal protection agencies in various countries are exploring the feasibility of using AI to improve work efficiency. American scientists have previously used AI technology to identify and count wild animals, with an accuracy of 96.6%.

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