Google Open Sources SpeciesNet: AI for Wildlife Conservation
2025-03-04
Google has open-sourced SpeciesNet, an AI model that identifies animal species from camera trap photos. Researchers globally use camera traps, generating massive datasets taking weeks to analyze. SpeciesNet, trained on over 65 million images, helps accelerate this process. It classifies images into over 2,000 labels including species, taxa, and non-animal objects. Released under an Apache 2.0 license, SpeciesNet empowers developers and startups to scale biodiversity monitoring efforts.