AI decodes oinks and grunts to keep pigs happy in Danish study

Elodie Mandel-Briefer, a behavioral biologist at the University of Copenhagen, demonstrates how she records pigs' calls to analyze later on a farm in Vipperod, Denmark, October 21, 2024. University of Copenhagen post-doctoral researcher Jeppe Have Rasmussen shows how spectrograms of pig calls are analysed on a computer in Copenhagen, Denmark, October 22.

European scientists have developed an artificial intelligence algorithm capable of interpreting pig sounds, aiming to create a tool that can help farmers improve animal welfare.