China is using AI facial ID to track migrating fish in Tibet’s largest river

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China employs AI-powered fish facial recognition technology to monitor fish migration in Tibet’s largest river. The system automates species identification, enhancing environmental monitoring on the Zangmu Hydropower Station fishway.

China is using an artificial intelligence-driven fish identification system to conduct round-the-clock tracking of species passing along a fishway on a dam on Tibet’s largest river. Monitoring the route once relied on labour-intensive manual counts, but it now uses an AI-based “fish facial recognition” system to identify species unique to the Tibet autonomous region, according to a report published by Global Times on Tuesday. Since the 116-metre-tall (381 feet) Zangmu Hydropower Station began...