Animal Crossings or Animal Farm?
Key Takeaways
Facial recognition isnt just for tracking people anymore.
The AI-powered software is used to track diseases, make farms more efficient, and help protect endangered species.
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It can also monitor the pigs pulses and sweat rates, and also check on an individual pigs coughing.
The system is designed to monitor pigs to prevent them from getting ill or underfed.
Another Chinese company, Beijing Unitrace Tech,develops softwarethat uses facial recognition to monitor cows.
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Chinas use of facial recognition isnt all good, however.
In Africa, facial recognition software is being used to help saveelephants from poachers.
Facial recognition is also used to identify the faces of individual wild chimpanzees.
Facial recognition technology is causing privacy concerns among people around the world.
For animals, though, the software may help them lead healthier, longer lives.
