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Project CETI @projectceti.bsky.social · 23d

Listen to Zahrek Gonzalez-Peltier, CETI Drone Pilot and David Gruber, CETI Founder & Lead, discuss on @reuters.com how we execute our “tap-and-go” drone based approach to whale tagging & explain advancements it brings to marine mammal research! 🎥:Thank you @reuters.com, watch here: bit.ly/4p498U1

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Project CETI @projectceti.bsky.social · 24d

Thank you @sierramagazine.bsky.social and @kathrynhulick.substack.com for highlighting our work!🐋Read the quote from Daniela Rus (@csail.mit.edu), PI on CETI Machine Learning and Robotics Team and more in the piece “Could AI Help Humanity Understand Whales?” here: bit.ly/45tksRL 📸: Arun Madisetti

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Project CETI @projectceti.bsky.social · 28d

Thank you @nytimes.com & @alexaroblesgil.bsky.social for diving into our “tap-and-go” drone based approach! & Thanks Jeremy Goldbogen @standforddoerr.bsky.social & Ari Friedlaender @ucscscience.bsky.social for sharing their thoughts! Read here: bit.ly/45uizEI 📸: Jaime Rojo.
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Project CETI @projectceti.bsky.social · Sep 3

Available now!🐬🪸🦜🐋 Listen to experts explored at the fourth annual Decoding Communication in Nonhuman Species conference, which we co-hosted in July with the @ucberkelyofficial.bsky.social @simonsinstitute.bsky.social & Oceankind, here: bit.ly/41yYkDe

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Bioneers @bioneers.org · Apr 30

Guided by the principle of doing no harm, @ProjectCETI.bsky.social Founder & President David Gruber shared with Bioneers how they’re using advanced machine learning & state-of-the-art gentle robotics to translate the clicks and codas of sperm whales. 🐋 Read it here: bioneers.org/can-ai-decod...

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CompSciOxford @compscioxford.bsky.social · Jun 8

Did you know that sperm whales possess a phonetic alphabet & are capable of social learning? @projectceti.bsky.social (Cetacean Translation Initiative) is using ML & robotics with Prof @mmbronstein.bsky.social to listen to and translate the communication of sperm whales.

#WorldOceanDay

A turquoise blue graphic with a large and a small illustration of a sperm whale on it, by the large whale there is a speech bubble with sound waves in it. In the background there are waves in varying shades of the turquoise blue to look like the ocean. There is also text on the graphic reading ‘Did you know that sperm whales possess a phonetic alphabet and are capable of social learning?’ ‘Project CETI (Cetacean Translation Initiative) is using machine learning and robotics to listen to and translate the communication of sperm whales.’ and ‘#WorldOceanDay #CompSciOxford’.

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Bioneers @bioneers.org · Jun 13

The paradigm of animal rights is shifting as we ask, “What if we understood what animals are saying?” 💬🐋

▶️ Watch David Gruber & César Rodríguez-Garavito discuss the collaboration between @ProjectCETI.bsky.social & MOTH Rights to harness the tech’s potential while minimizing risk: buff.ly/f62jdDG

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Interspecies Internet @interspecies-io.bsky.social · Jul 8

🚀Meet our new speaker: @begus.bsky.social — @projectceti.bsky.social Linguistics Lead & AI researcher asking how sperm whale codas could reshape our view of language (and interspecies legal standing).

📅Sat, July 19 |🕓4PM GMT/12PM EST/9AM PST |📍Zoom

🔗Info & RSVP: www.interspecies.io/lectures/gas...

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Interspecies Internet @interspecies-io.bsky.social · Jul 2

🚀 New Interspecies Lecture with @begus.bsky.social !

Did you know sperm whales use vowel-like sounds?
Discover what this means for language, AI, and law!

📅Saturday, July 19🕓4 PM GMT | 12 PM EST | 9 AM PST📍Online via Zoom
🔗 More info & registration: https://encr.pw/LKH6i

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Bioneers @bioneers.org · Jul 16

César Rodríguez-Garavito asks: What is the legal basis for protecting animals’ rights to hearing each other communicate?

🌎 Dive into the perceptual worlds of more-than-human species in this conversation with César of #MOTHRights and David Gruber of @ProjectCETI.bsky.social: buff.ly/8R7ctiC

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Project CETI @projectceti.bsky.social · Aug 14

Dive into our new paper by: Daniel Vogt & Robert Wood from @harvardseas.bsky.social; Stefano Pagani; CETI Drone Pilot Zahrek Gonzalez-Peltier; CETI Biology Lead Shane Gero & CETI Founder and Lead David Gruber; here: bit.ly/4oxVati
🎥: Jaime Rojo, Ganesh Marin, Thor Morales & National Geographic.

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Project CETI @projectceti.bsky.social · Aug 7

🥳Join us to congratulate Antonio, Chelsea, Gordon, Phoenix & T’Keyah, the 2024/2025 cohort of Dominica Marine Conservation Fellows on completing the 10-month multi-module program developed by CETI x The National Geographic Society! Find out more: bit.ly/4kL6v6d. 🎥: One Off Productions

Project CETI @projectceti.bsky.social · Jul 30

CETI scientists developed a system which accurately locates sperm whales in the deep & the implementation code is available for others! By: Yaakov Buchris & Roee Diamant from the Underwater Acoustics and Navigation lab at University of Haifa & Yaniv Aluma. Read: bit.ly/4kN6wGX%F0%9...: Amanda Cotton

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Gasper Begus @begus.bsky.social · Jul 21

What implications does finding language-like properties in non-humans have for law, ethics, and philosophy?

In the talk, I outline how AI interpretability can help us make new discoveries in science:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzde...

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“New Patterns in Animal Communication with AI: Ethical and Legal Implications" with Gašper Beguš

YouTube video by Interspecies Internet

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Project CETI @projectceti.bsky.social · Jul 25

Thank you @nbcnews.com for offering a glimpse behind the scenes of our research at Harvard’s Microrobotics Lab @harvardseas.bsky.social that features our Founder and Lead David Gruber, CETI Robotics Lead Robert Wood & PI on CETI Robotics Team Stephanie Gil. 🎥: @nbcnews.com watch here: bit.ly/4kPVBMk

Project CETI @projectceti.bsky.social · Jul 23

Meet Dr. Antonio Torralba! He is a computer vision specialist and Delta Electronics Professor of Electrical Engineering & CS at @mit.edu, @csail.mit.edu & head of the AI + Decision Making faculty in the MIT EECS Department. Learn about his work: bit.ly/4nqMYdZ & read his book here: bit.ly/4eo3cjO!

Project CETI @projectceti.bsky.social · Jul 21

Explore how we take up Carl Sagan’s queries on cetacean intelligence🐋& theorize on how discoveries into their cognition and communication can lead to tangible legal opportunities for them, in our article with @nyulaw.bsky.social’s MOTH Program here: bit.ly/42q1wSy 📸: Amanda Cotton

Project CETI @projectceti.bsky.social · Jul 8

New CETI T-shirt alert! & All the proceeds support our research!🐋The t-shirt is 100% cotton and printed in NYC with artwork designed by Colombian born, NYC based graffiti artist, Calicho Arevalo. 👕Get yours here: bit.ly/4nxSGul

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Project CETI @projectceti.bsky.social · Jul 1

Join us to congratulate Micheal Awah, CETI Mechanical Engineering Graduate from Harvard SEAS, on his outstanding senior capstone project: a hybrid aerial and underwater vehicle. Micheal won the Hoopes Prize & Dean’s Award for outstanding Engineering Projects for his work. Learn more: bit.ly/4k1lRTy

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Project CETI @projectceti.bsky.social · Jun 26

✨New CETI research shows that sperm whale vocalizations behave like human vowels!🐋 Written by @begus.bsky.social, Maksymilian Dąbkowski and Ronald Sprouse, David Gruber & Shane Gero. Read here: bit.ly/40e6HTX @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social @carleton.ca @cuny.edu 📸: Arun Madisetti

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Project CETI @projectceti.bsky.social · Jun 25

✨Our Founder and Lead David Gruber, explored the future of our oceans & the role humanity & emerging technology can play in that effort, in the panel, “What’s Next for Oceans?” at @milkeninstitute.org’s Global Conference here: bit.ly/4kK3uU1 #MIGlobal📸: Jane Kachmer; @milkeninstitute.org

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Project CETI @projectceti.bsky.social · Jun 17

🌟Join us in NYC for “Listening to the Whales” at @pioneerwork.bsky.social on Tues. June 24 at 8pm! Our Founder and Lead David Gruber will be in conversation with comparative anatomist Joy Reidenberg and hosted by astrophysicist Janna Levin!
🎟️RSVP for FREE here: bit.ly/4jP1b0Z

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Project CETI @projectceti.bsky.social · Jun 16

🐋🎉As seen in @naturecomms.nature.com- Our collaborative paper, which elucidates the sperm whale phonetic alphabet is among the Top 25! By: Pratyusha Sharma, Shane Gero, Roger Payne, David Gruber, Daniela Rus, Antonio Torralba & Jacob Andreas. Read here: go.nature.com/3FLJwcK 📷: Amanda Cotton

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Project CETI @projectceti.bsky.social · Jun 3

Breaking news: Whales May Someday Be Heard in Court & In Their Own Words.🐋Learn how decoding nonhuman animals’ communication can unlock new legal possibilities in the #natgeo article diving into MOTHxCETI’s partnership & #ELQ_Berkeley article here: bit.ly/4kfYzu1 📷:#NatGeo

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Project CETI @projectceti.bsky.social · Jun 3

We won a Webby!🌟 Thanks for voting! We are honored to be a 2025 Webby Winner and to have the opportunity to keep listening to the whales!🐋🏆Learn more: bit.ly/3S5TKHz 📸: Amanda Cotton #TheWebbyAwards

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