Posted by: Sandy Steinman | May 22, 2026

San Francisco turns to AI to save whales from ship strikes as deaths soar

The Guardian reported

Climate change is pushing starving grey whales to San Francisco Bay, where ship strikes led to 40% of 21 deaths.

Until now, whales could easily go unnoticed by mariners, but an AI-powered detection network launched this week is designed to track them day and night.

The system, called WhaleSpotter, scans the bay around the clock for whale blows and heat signatures up to 2 nautical miles away, alerting mariners to slow down or reroute when whales are nearby.

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