Posted 3/25/2024, 6:00:00 AM
AI Enlisted to Help Monitor UK's Declining Hedgehog Populations
- AI to be used for first time to track UK hedgehog populations in new monitoring program
- Cameras and AI will identify hedgehogs in images; human spotters will confirm and analysts will record numbers
- Aims to estimate hedgehog populations across habitats and over time to understand decline
- Partnership between multiple organizations and universities to collect rigorous nationwide data
- People can help with program from home by becoming "spotters" to identify hedgehogs in images