Be honest, do you ever talk to your dog or cat? Well just imagine if you could actually understand them as well.

On top of breakthroughs in animal language, the Earth Species Project expects improved interspecies understanding will foster greater appreciation for the planet in the face of climate change.

But ESP is trying to be “species agnostic,” AI Research Director Olivier Pietquin said, to provide tools that can sort out many animals’ speech patterns. ESP introduced NatureLM-audio this ...