Critterpedia: Scientists invent Shazam for spiders and snakes

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Scientists have invented a new app that can identify all Australian species of spiders and snakes from photos.

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The app works in a similar way to Shazam, which ingeniously tells you which song is playing by listening and matching it. The Critterpedia app, a collaboration between the CSIRO and Data61, uses a photo you upload to match with hundreds of thousands of images from their database. Their artificially intelligent algorithm can then identify the spider or snake down to the family, genus or species.

“The AI platform considers not only these images, but also additional information, like GPS location,” the CSIRO wrote on its

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Oh the horror

I need this desperately

I see a spider I'm gone. I am not sticking around to try & identify it 😬

Why need an app? In Australia, you come across a spider or snake just give it a wide birth and go on with your day They’ll leave you alone if you leave them alone

ToxoftheNorth ... did you do this?

What’s the app called

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