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How it works , applying AI , ML to video data
• Save the Elephants will deploy a fleet of drones equipped with high resolution and infrared cameras to capture elephant behavioural data .
• The data gathered will be processed by Colossal ’ s machine learning core to develop algorithms that will label elephants and identify individual and collective social behaviour .
• Researchers will begin to understand elephant decision-making and build models to better understand behaviour .
• This will lead to more effective habitat conservation and create a passive elephant tracking system that will not be dependent on human observation in the field , or elephant immobilisations and collaring .
• The AI models developed will detect , track and map the location of elephants in their natural habitat .
• Estimation and behaviour analysis techniques will analyse the signals , decision making and social dynamics of elephant herds .
• These tools will be used to help the researchers at Save the Elephants understand and organise the vast amounts of video data that is being collected .
• They will standardise behaviour detection , allowing for individual behaviour and observation of an entire herd over long time frames .
• This will uncover nuanced behaviours that may go unnoticed by human observers . with the Save the Elephants team , including CEO Frank Pope and Colossal Scientific Advisor and Save the Elephants Chairperson , Fritz Vollrath .
The drone initiative comes on the heels of Colossal ’ s continued commitment to end elephant extinction . There are other milestone efforts as well .
• In collaboration with Dr Paul Ling , Colossal is leading the development of novel treatments and a vaccine that would prevent the deadly virus from infecting elephants , both in zoos and in their natural habitats .
• Equip modern elephants with traits from their ancestral domain and establish new populations of elephants in low population zones of the Arctic .
Steve Metzler , Head of Animal Husbandry , Leah Brickson , Manager of AI and Machine Learning and Matt James , Chief Animal Officer pictured using a drone in Kenya .
• Preserve the genetic code of all three living elephant species . Colossal partnered with the Vertebrate Genomes Project , VGP to fund , sequence , assemble , and annotate the Asian , African , and Forest elephant genomes to genetically preserve the species for future generations .
• The Asian and African genomes were made publicly available in 2022 and 2023 , respectively . The Forest elephant genome is scheduled for early 2024 . The genomes are publicly available to be used for research without restrictions .
• Record and understand extant elephant-id population genomes . Colossal will produce population sequence data on 100 African and Asian elephants to achieve this aim .
• Cure EEHV in all elephant populations . Colossal Biosciences is accelerating efforts to eradicate a fatal disease affecting endangered elephants , Elephant Endotheliotropic Herpes Virus , EEHV , the leading cause of death in juvenile Asian elephants born in North America and in their natural range countries .
Colossal was founded by emerging technology and software entrepreneur Ben Lamm and world renowned geneticist and serial biotech entrepreneur George Church , PhD . Colossal creates disruptive technologies for extinct species restoration , critically endangered species protection and the repopulation of critical ecosystems that support the continuation of life on Earth .
Colossal is accepting humanity ’ s duty to restore Earth to a healthier state , while also solving for the future economies and biological necessities of the human condition through innovative science and technologies .
Save the Elephants , works to secure a future for elephants . Specialising in elephant research , STE provides scientific insights into elephant behaviour , intelligence , and long-distance movements and applies them to the challenges of elephant survival . High-tech tracking and other tools help STE work towards a harmonious coexistence between humans and elephants . p
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