Sharing DolphinGemma with the research community
Recognizing the value of collaboration in scientific discovery, we plan to make DolphinGemma available as an open access model this summer. While training on Atlantic spotted dolphin vocalizations, we anticipate that it will be useful to researchers studying other cetacean species, such as bottlenose dolphins and spinners. Fine-tuning may be necessary for vocalizations across species, and the open nature of the model facilitates this adaptation.
By providing tools like DolphinGemma, we hope to provide researchers around the world with the tools to explore their own acoustic datasets, accelerate pattern finding, and collectively advance our understanding of these intelligent marine mammals.
The road to understanding dolphin communication is long, but the combination of WDP's expert field research, Georgia Tech's engineering expertise and the power of Google technology opens up exciting new possibilities. We don't just listen anymore. We are beginning to understand patterns in sound, paving the way to a future where the gap between human and dolphin communication may narrow slightly.
You can learn more about Wild Dolphin Project on their website.
