Project CETI
@projectceti.bsky.social
Project CETI is a nonprofit organization applying machine learning and robotics to listen to and translate the communication of whales in Dominica. #ProjectCETI
https://linktr.ee/ProjectCETI
https://linktr.ee/ProjectCETI
Read how CETI Founder and Lead David Gruber believes technology can be a powerful tool in fostering connection between humanity and the more-than-human world, in his @nytimes.com op-ed here: bit.ly/482imd6
November 25, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Read how CETI Founder and Lead David Gruber believes technology can be a powerful tool in fostering connection between humanity and the more-than-human world, in his @nytimes.com op-ed here: bit.ly/482imd6
Thank you @popsci.com and @laurabaisas.bsky.social for highlighting our research!
By: @begus.bsky.social, Ronald Sprouse, Andrej Leban, Miles Silva and Shane Gero.
By: @begus.bsky.social, Ronald Sprouse, Andrej Leban, Miles Silva and Shane Gero.
November 21, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Thank you @popsci.com and @laurabaisas.bsky.social for highlighting our research!
By: @begus.bsky.social, Ronald Sprouse, Andrej Leban, Miles Silva and Shane Gero.
By: @begus.bsky.social, Ronald Sprouse, Andrej Leban, Miles Silva and Shane Gero.
A new study shows that sperm whales don’t move randomly — they follow structured, socially influenced patterns that are also predictable.
Read here: bit.ly/3JTnMh0
By: Yaly Mevorach, Alaa Maalouf, Guy Gubnitsky, Pernille Tønnesen, David Gruber, Daniela Rus, Dan Tchernov & Shane Gero.
Read here: bit.ly/3JTnMh0
By: Yaly Mevorach, Alaa Maalouf, Guy Gubnitsky, Pernille Tønnesen, David Gruber, Daniela Rus, Dan Tchernov & Shane Gero.
November 20, 2025 at 5:34 PM
A new study shows that sperm whales don’t move randomly — they follow structured, socially influenced patterns that are also predictable.
Read here: bit.ly/3JTnMh0
By: Yaly Mevorach, Alaa Maalouf, Guy Gubnitsky, Pernille Tønnesen, David Gruber, Daniela Rus, Dan Tchernov & Shane Gero.
Read here: bit.ly/3JTnMh0
By: Yaly Mevorach, Alaa Maalouf, Guy Gubnitsky, Pernille Tønnesen, David Gruber, Daniela Rus, Dan Tchernov & Shane Gero.
Thank you @iflscience.com and @rachaelhfunnell.bsky.social for featuring our research!
By: @begus.bsky.social, Ronald Sprouse, Andrej Leban, Miles Silva and Shane Gero.
By: @begus.bsky.social, Ronald Sprouse, Andrej Leban, Miles Silva and Shane Gero.
Vowel Sounds "Thought To Be Unique To Humans" Discovered In Sperm Whales For The First Time
www.iflscience.com/vowel-sounds...
www.iflscience.com/vowel-sounds...
Eavesdropping On Sperm Whales Just Revealed They Use Vowel Sounds "Thought To Be Unique To Humans"
Sperm whales can alter the frequency of their clicks to make “a” and “i” sounds.
www.iflscience.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Thank you @iflscience.com and @rachaelhfunnell.bsky.social for featuring our research!
By: @begus.bsky.social, Ronald Sprouse, Andrej Leban, Miles Silva and Shane Gero.
By: @begus.bsky.social, Ronald Sprouse, Andrej Leban, Miles Silva and Shane Gero.
Thank you @economist.com for covering our paper,“Vowel and Diphthong-Like Spectral Patterns in Sperm Whale Codas.”
By: @begus.bsky.social, Ronald Sprouse, Andrej Leban, Miles Silva and Shane Gero.
By: @begus.bsky.social, Ronald Sprouse, Andrej Leban, Miles Silva and Shane Gero.
The clicks that the animals make share at least one property with human language
Sperm whales communicate with vowels
The clicks that the animals make share at least one property with human language
econ.st
November 13, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Thank you @economist.com for covering our paper,“Vowel and Diphthong-Like Spectral Patterns in Sperm Whale Codas.”
By: @begus.bsky.social, Ronald Sprouse, Andrej Leban, Miles Silva and Shane Gero.
By: @begus.bsky.social, Ronald Sprouse, Andrej Leban, Miles Silva and Shane Gero.
Thank you National Geographic and @chameauleon.bsky.social for featuring our research! By: @begus.bsky.social, Ronald Sprouse, Andrej Leban, Miles Silva and Shane Gero.
www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/arti...
www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/arti...
Exclusive: Sperm whale speech has human-like 'vowels'
The mammals' mysterious clicks contain a stunning level of complexity, a new study shows.
www.nationalgeographic.com
November 13, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Thank you National Geographic and @chameauleon.bsky.social for featuring our research! By: @begus.bsky.social, Ronald Sprouse, Andrej Leban, Miles Silva and Shane Gero.
www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/arti...
www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/arti...
CETI scientists have discovered vowel and diphthong-like patterns in sperm whale communication! Read: bit.ly/3WSn9rc
By: @begus.bsky.social, Ronald Sprouse, Andrej Leban, Miles Silva & Shane Gero.
@ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social, @umich.edu, @carleton.ca, @csail.mit.edu
Animation: Meghan Fenske
By: @begus.bsky.social, Ronald Sprouse, Andrej Leban, Miles Silva & Shane Gero.
@ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social, @umich.edu, @carleton.ca, @csail.mit.edu
Animation: Meghan Fenske
November 12, 2025 at 3:26 PM
CETI scientists have discovered vowel and diphthong-like patterns in sperm whale communication! Read: bit.ly/3WSn9rc
By: @begus.bsky.social, Ronald Sprouse, Andrej Leban, Miles Silva & Shane Gero.
@ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social, @umich.edu, @carleton.ca, @csail.mit.edu
Animation: Meghan Fenske
By: @begus.bsky.social, Ronald Sprouse, Andrej Leban, Miles Silva & Shane Gero.
@ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social, @umich.edu, @carleton.ca, @csail.mit.edu
Animation: Meghan Fenske
CETI Scientists developed a system which uses the pressure variations of whales’ dives to regenerate a vacuum in the suction cups on our bio-inspired whale digital bioacoustic sensors! By: Germain Meyer, Daniel Vogt, Xinyi Yang & Robert Wood from @harvardseas.bsky.social.
Read:https://bit.ly/47TM9U5
Read:https://bit.ly/47TM9U5
November 10, 2025 at 8:47 PM
CETI Scientists developed a system which uses the pressure variations of whales’ dives to regenerate a vacuum in the suction cups on our bio-inspired whale digital bioacoustic sensors! By: Germain Meyer, Daniel Vogt, Xinyi Yang & Robert Wood from @harvardseas.bsky.social.
Read:https://bit.ly/47TM9U5
Read:https://bit.ly/47TM9U5
We are honored to be featured in Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist @elizkolbert.bsky.social’s new book! It is a collection of thought-provoking essays, including her piece on CETI and witnessing a sperm whale birth with our scientists in Dominica in 2023. Learn more: bit.ly/4qOY91N.
November 5, 2025 at 8:43 PM
We are honored to be featured in Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist @elizkolbert.bsky.social’s new book! It is a collection of thought-provoking essays, including her piece on CETI and witnessing a sperm whale birth with our scientists in Dominica in 2023. Learn more: bit.ly/4qOY91N.
Thank you @insideclimatenews.org and @katiesurma.bsky.social for diving into our recent publication in partnership with The More-Than-Human Life Program (@nyulaw.bsky.social) by: César Rodríguez Garavito, David Gruber, Ashley Otilia Nemeth and @begus.bsky.social.
Researchers are using AI to understand whale communications. The findings could put animals’ voices at the heart of legal battles to protect them.
AI Is Decoding Whales’ Communications. Could That Be a Turning Point in the Push for Their Rights? - Inside Climate News
The Cetacean Translation Initiative (CETI) is using artificial intelligence to help understand sperm whale communications. Lawyers think the discoveries could galvanize the world to recognize whales’ ...
insideclimatenews.org
November 5, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Thank you @insideclimatenews.org and @katiesurma.bsky.social for diving into our recent publication in partnership with The More-Than-Human Life Program (@nyulaw.bsky.social) by: César Rodríguez Garavito, David Gruber, Ashley Otilia Nemeth and @begus.bsky.social.
Dive into our article written in partnership with MOTH (@nyulaw.bsky.social) now published in Ecology Law Quarterly (ELQ) here: bit.ly/4hnUfbz 🐋🐝🐘🦋Co-authored by: César Rodríguez Garavito, David Gruber, Ashley Otilia Nemeth and @begus.bsky.social. 📸:Amanda Cotton, 🎨: Alejandro Ospina.
October 22, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Dive into our article written in partnership with MOTH (@nyulaw.bsky.social) now published in Ecology Law Quarterly (ELQ) here: bit.ly/4hnUfbz 🐋🐝🐘🦋Co-authored by: César Rodríguez Garavito, David Gruber, Ashley Otilia Nemeth and @begus.bsky.social. 📸:Amanda Cotton, 🎨: Alejandro Ospina.
Thank you @cacmmag.bsky.social and @neilsavage.bsky.social for highlighting our work! Read the article here: bit.ly/42wEV6q
Featuring our team: Shafi Goldwasser, Shane Gero, Jacob Andreas, Pratyusha Sharma, @begus.bsky.social and David Gruber.
Featuring our team: Shafi Goldwasser, Shane Gero, Jacob Andreas, Pratyusha Sharma, @begus.bsky.social and David Gruber.
October 15, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Thank you @cacmmag.bsky.social and @neilsavage.bsky.social for highlighting our work! Read the article here: bit.ly/42wEV6q
Featuring our team: Shafi Goldwasser, Shane Gero, Jacob Andreas, Pratyusha Sharma, @begus.bsky.social and David Gruber.
Featuring our team: Shafi Goldwasser, Shane Gero, Jacob Andreas, Pratyusha Sharma, @begus.bsky.social and David Gruber.
Thank you BBC World Service and Maria Margaronis for having our Founder and Lead David Gruber on The Documentary Podcast! Listen to the episode here: www.bbc.com/audio/play/p...
October 11, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Thank you BBC World Service and Maria Margaronis for having our Founder and Lead David Gruber on The Documentary Podcast! Listen to the episode here: www.bbc.com/audio/play/p...
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
September 17, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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
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
September 16, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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
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.
@harvardseas.bsky.social
@harvardseas.bsky.social
September 12, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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.
@harvardseas.bsky.social
@harvardseas.bsky.social
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
September 3, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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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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...
April 30, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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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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
#WorldOceanDay
June 8, 2025 at 7:57 AM
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
#WorldOceanDay
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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
▶️ 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
June 13, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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
▶️ 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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🚀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...
📅Sat, July 19 |🕓4PM GMT/12PM EST/9AM PST |📍Zoom
🔗Info & RSVP: www.interspecies.io/lectures/gas...
July 8, 2025 at 4:29 PM
🚀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...
📅Sat, July 19 |🕓4PM GMT/12PM EST/9AM PST |📍Zoom
🔗Info & RSVP: www.interspecies.io/lectures/gas...
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🚀 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
@projectceti.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
@projectceti.bsky.social
July 2, 2025 at 5:02 PM
🚀 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
@projectceti.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
@projectceti.bsky.social
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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
🌎 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
July 16, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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
🌎 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
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.
🎥: Jaime Rojo, Ganesh Marin, Thor Morales & National Geographic.
August 14, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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.
🎥: Jaime Rojo, Ganesh Marin, Thor Morales & National Geographic.
🥳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
August 7, 2025 at 12:24 PM
🥳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