Can AI stop ships from killing thousands of whales each year?

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — With an estimated 20,000 whales dying from ship strikes each year, the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Falmouth, Mass. is working to use artificial intelligence and thermal-imaging cameras to diminish these unnecessary deaths.

The independent organization, dedicated to ocean research, technology and education, said that the technology can spot whales more than 4 miles away and alert captains before fatal strikes occur.

“This technology uses thermal...