Project CETI is an international initiative to understand the acoustic communication of sperm whales using advances in artificial intelligence.[1][2] The project has an interdisciplinary scientific board including marine biologists, artificial intelligence researchers, roboticists, theoretical computer scientists, and linguists. The project has a base on the island of Dominica where recordings are being collected.[3] The organization has been selected as a TED Audacious Project.[4] CETI researchers have identified 156 distinct codas and their basic components, a "sperm whale phonetic alphabet" much like phonemes.[5]

Project CETI
Founded2020
TypeNon-profit
FocusUnderstanding the communication of sperm whales
FieldsMarine Biology, Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, and Linguistics
Lead
David Gruber
Websitewww.projectceti.org

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  1. ^ Welch, Craig (April 19, 2021). "Groundbreaking effort launched to decode whale language". NGS. National Geographic Society. Archived from the original on April 19, 2021. Retrieved October 28, 2021.
  2. ^ Anthes, Emily (August 30, 2022). "The Animal Translators". The New York Times. Retrieved October 28, 2022.
  3. ^ Andreas J, Beguš G, Bronstein MM, Diamant R, Delaney D, Gero S; et al. (2022). "Toward understanding the communication in sperm whales". iScience. 25 (6): 104393. Bibcode:2022iSci...25j4393A. doi:10.1016/j.isci.2022.104393. PMC 9160774. PMID 35663036.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ "The Audacious Project: Project CETI". www.audaciousproject.org. Retrieved October 28, 2022.
  5. ^ The sperm whale 'phonetic alphabet' revealed by AI BBC News, Katherine Latham and Anna Bressanin, 11 July 2024