AI from China: Barking with subtitles

The Chinese tech company Baidu has filed a patent for an animal translator that could soon clarify what hamsters, dogs, and cats really think of us.

What if your hamster has been desperately trying to philosophize with you about Sartre for years? Or your cat only hisses at you because it can't stand your style of clothing? An AI application from the Chinese tech company Baidu could put such misunderstandings to rest in the future. The company claims to have developed a technology that allows animals to finally say what they're really thinking. Without meowing, barking, or nervously fidgeting around.