“But this isn’t just any training session: It’s a test of new technology—a new relationship, really, between artificial intelligence, animals, nuts-and-bolts technology, and humans….”
“The pup is helping to develop the Collaborative Intelligence for Olfactory Search Missions Integrating Canines and Technology (COSMIC-T). Created by an AI company called Scientific Systems, the technology aims to combine biological dog-data with digital info, using humans as a bridge between the two—a collaboration that could help save lost hikers, victims of natural disasters, or soldiers in war by locating humans in peril faster than animal, human, or drone could.”
