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Coller-Dolittle Prize Finals: AI Aims to Talk to Animals

6/26/2026

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Finalists of the Coller-Dolittle Prize are competing to create an algorithm that can communicate with non-human animals.
The $100,000 award was established by British billionaire investor and animal-welfare activist Jeremy Coller.
The competition is modeled on the Turing test, which assesses whether machines can think.
The winner will be announced on Thursday.

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Finalists of the Coller-Dolittle Prize are competing to create an algorithm that can communicate with non-human animals.
The $100,000 award was established by British billionaire investor and animal-welfare activist Jeremy Coller.
The competition is modeled on the Turing test, which assesses whether machines can think.
The winner will be announced on Thursday.