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Can AI help us speak with wolves?

Jeffrey T. Reed · TED

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Why do wolves howl? With the help of AI, we're getting closer to an answer. Linguist and software engineer Jeffrey T. Reed shares his research on wolf sounds in the wild, revealing the surprisingly complex range of vocalizations — barks, yelps, whimpers, even teeth clacking — these creatures make for different social functions.

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Institution
TED
Department
TED2025
Speaker
Jeffrey T. Reed
Year
2025
Level
For everyone
Language
English
Subjects
Computer science, Languages and linguistics
Source
TED
Licence
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, as TED states it. Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions. TED's terms
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