Forget Live Translate: Google is now using Pixel phones to talk to dolphins

Google’s Pixel phones already have you covered to understand different languages with Live Translate. But now, the company is taking things a big splash further. It turns out Pixel phones can not only help people talk to people but also help people talk to dolphins! Yes, you read that right. The same phone that helps you translate on the fly is now helping scientists decode dolphin-speak.

In a new announcement timed with National Dolphin Day, Google unveiled DolphinGemma. It’s an AI model Google created in collaboration with researchers at Georgia Tech and marine scientists at the Wild Dolphin Project (WDP). The model is trained to analyze and generate dolphin vocalizations, and the best part is that it can run through Pixel phones.