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USING AI , ML , DRONES TO PREVENT AFRICA ’ S WILDLIFE EXTINCTION
Research data derived from the drone project will help develop an understanding of elephant decision-making and behaviour using AI models and provide key data to use in the eventual rewilding of the woolly mammoth .
Colossal Biosciences , the world ’ s first deextinction and species preservation company , has partnered with Save the Elephants , a leading non-profit that works to secure a future for wild African elephants , on a first-of-its-kind initiative that will use innovative drone technology and machine learning to help track African elephants in Kenya for both conservation and research purposes .
Since launching in September 2021 , Colossal has raised $ 225M in total funding . The company , which just completed an oversubscribed $ 150M Series B financing , has announced de-extinction of three species including the thylacine , the dodo , and the woolly mammoth , which shares 99.6 % of its DNA with the Asian elephant .
Since launching in September 2021 , Colossal has raised $ 225M in total funding and just completed an oversubscribed $ 150M Series B financing .
infrared cameras to capture elephant behavioural data . The data gathered will then be processed by Colossal ’ s machine learning core to develop algorithms that will label elephants and automatically identify individual and collective social behaviour .
In this collaboration , Save the Elephants will deploy a small fleet of drones equipped with high resolution and
With this project , researchers will begin to understand elephant decision-making and build models to better
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