This very interesting article goes on to explain some training methods — Listening to the bush: How AI can help NZ rid its wildnerness of ‘hold-out’ pest possums
AI is becoming increasingly useful for analysing wildlife recordings, allowing vast amounts of audio to be processed automatically rather than requiring volunteers or researchers to listen to every recording.
This is particularly valuable during the final “mop-up” stage of eradication, when only a handful of animals remain and locating them can be challenging.
Many AI models can also run directly on small, battery-powered recording devices in remote forests, avoiding the need to upload huge amounts of audio for processing.