By Beth
Timmins BBC News
22
January 2019
Wildlife
criminals had better watch out! The same software that recognises you in a
friend's social media post is being adapted to tackle the illegal trade in
chimpanzees.
The amber
eyes in the image above belong to Manno, who was trafficked from Africa to
Syria before being rescued.
Pictures
of Mano are now being used to train the algorithm that could help save members
of his endangered species from the same experience. It's a first for chimpanzee
conservation.
The
algorithm will search through photo posts on social media looking for the faces
of rescued apes.
If the
technology recognises a trafficked animal, the owners of the accounts featuring
the chimp can then be targeted by the authorities.
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