With the goal of'talking' to the majestic marine animals, a project to listen to, contextualise and translate the communication of Sperm whales was recently launched by a team of international scientists. Called Project CETI (Cetacean Translation Initiative), the initiative looks to harness the power of artificial intelligence to interpret clicking sounds, or'codas,' which these whales make to communicate with one another. Also Read: Why is mysterious dark energy leading to expansion of the universe? The researchers have been using natural language processing or NLP, a subfield of artificial intelligence focused on processing written and spoken human language. It will be trained in four billion Sperm whale codas.

NEW DELHI: China's state press agency has unveiled a virtual newsreader designed to deliver headlines 24 hours a day. Xinhua's "artificial intelligence news anchor" is a lifelike digitised reporter which can read out text by mimicking the image and voice of a real human presenter. The agency claims the virtual presenter -- a realistic looking man, sharply dressed in a suit -- "can read texts as naturally as a professional news anchor". China's state press agency has unveiled a virtual newsreader designed to deliver headlines 24 hours a day. Xinhua's "artificial intelligence news anchor" is a lifelike digitised reporter which can read out text by mimicking the image and voice of a real human presenter.