AI Testing Station Lets Wild Monkeys Participate in Cognitive Research

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Scientists have deployed a portable device called CapuchinAI in a Costa Rican forest to study primate intelligence in the wild. The station is equipped with a touch screen and facial recognition software, allowing it to interact with and identify individual monkeys. The technology enables researchers to conduct cognitive tests on capuchin monkeys in their natural habitat rather than in a controlled lab setting. This approach could offer new insights into primate intelligence by observing animals behaving freely in the wild.

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