Science · November 2026Kudos level: Bravo
AI Tells Individual Birds Apart by Song
Researchers built an AI system that identifies individual birds from their songs, letting them track the same birds across years of passive acoustic recordings without catching or tagging them. The method, published in Nature Methods, turns years of field recordings into long-term population data.
Source: Nature Methods
Google AI Falsely Links Auckland Anaesthetic Technician to Drink-Driving Convictions
Google's AI Overview accused Tracey Melsom-Page, an Auckland anaesthetic technician with 39 years in public hospitals and no criminal history, of drink-driving convictions and lying about them, based on a 2023 Herald article that never named her. When the Herald questioned it, the AI doubled down, claiming tribunal records identified her, before admitting a 'logical error.' Google says it is investigating.
Source: NZ Herald