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Farmers use AI to identify pests, protect crops

Farmers in the United Kingdom have started using artificial intelligence (AI) systems to help monitor their fields and protect them from dangerous creatures — such as animals and insects. 

“It’s pretty much like having a real human sitting here 24/7 and listening when we tell it to listen,” developer Conrad Young said of his Chirrup system, which can identify bird species from recordings of chirps. 

The British-made program analyzes the “dawn chorus,” or the early morning chirping that occurs when birds greet the sunrise. With each successive recording, the program is able to better identify all the birds in the area and help create a detailed database of the total biodiversity in the area. 

Part of the key to the program’s success is that it doesn’t actually look at sound but at a spectrogram — a picture of a sound. The program has a 100-meter radius, according to The Morning News. 

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A Nuthatch chick looks on from their bird box at Stover Country Park on May 20, 2023 in Newton Abbot, England. (Harry Trump/Getty Images)

“They tell you what insects are about and obviously we are organic, so we don’t use any insecticides, or sprays or anything like that,” Peter Cheek, a farmer, told the BBC. “So if we have got those insects and the birds are eating them, they are also eating other bugs that are trying to damage the crops.”

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Black Soldier Fly larvae inside the Entocycle insect farming laboratory in London UK, on Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2022. The startup wants big business to adopt its insect farming technology. (Carlos Jasso/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Cheek said his farm has achieved more healthy soil thanks to Chirrup, which he also noted provided a more affordable option to tackle the issue.

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