AI Magazine April 2021 | Page 38

AI DISRUPTORS

BenevolentAI

| Accelerating the journey from data to medicine
Conservation Metrics Conservation Metrics is a Santa Cruz-based startup that stands out from the crowd by developing AI and machine learning tools that are specifically designed to improve conservation efforts around the world .
The company ’ s tools allow organisations to monitor wildlife status , distribution , and key trends such as population growth or decline over time . Used in combination with hardware such as camera traps and aerial imagery in even extremely remote locations , Conservation Metrics has collaborated on more than 200 biological monitoring and resource management projects around the globe , processing anywhere from 20GB to more than 10TB of data per project .
One such example is the Elephant Listening Project , carried out in conjunction with Cornell University . The project tracks and protects forest elephants by using
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