AI that detects chicken distress calls could improve farm conditions

An AI has been trained to identify and count chickens' distress calls. Farmers could use the tool to improve conditions for chickens raised on crowded commercial farms. As of 2020, there were more than 33 billion chickens around the world, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Many of these animals live in poor conditions, packed together with little ability to move around or do things chickens like to do. "Despite the basic concerns about not being hungry or not being thirsty, there are still serious welfare concerns about how they're produced," says Alan McElligott at City University of Hong Kong.