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Project CETI
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Project CETI is a nonprofit organization applying machine learning and robotics to listen to and translate the communication of whales in Dominica. #ProjectCETI

https://linktr.ee/ProjectCETI
Introducing WhAM: An A.I model that transforms any audio into authentic-sounding sperm whale vocalizations!

Learn more: bit.ly/48g0885

By: Orr Paradise, Pranav Muralikrishnan, Liangyuan Chen, Hugo Flores García, Bryan Pardo, Roee Diamant, David Gruber, Shane Gero and Shafi Goldwasser.
December 2, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Read how CETI Founder and Lead David Gruber believes technology can be a powerful tool in fostering connection between humanity and the more-than-human world, in his @nytimes.com op-ed here: bit.ly/482imd6
November 25, 2025 at 7:57 PM
A new study shows that sperm whales don’t move randomly — they follow structured, socially influenced patterns that are also predictable.

Read here: bit.ly/3JTnMh0

By: Yaly Mevorach, Alaa Maalouf, Guy Gubnitsky, Pernille Tønnesen, David Gruber, Daniela Rus, Dan Tchernov & Shane Gero.
November 20, 2025 at 5:34 PM
CETI scientists have discovered vowel and diphthong-like patterns in sperm whale communication! Read: bit.ly/3WSn9rc

By: @begus.bsky.social, Ronald Sprouse, Andrej Leban, Miles Silva & Shane Gero.
@ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social, @umich.edu, @carleton.ca, @csail.mit.edu
Animation: Meghan Fenske
November 12, 2025 at 3:26 PM
CETI Scientists developed a system which uses the pressure variations of whales’ dives to regenerate a vacuum in the suction cups on our bio-inspired whale digital bioacoustic sensors! By: Germain Meyer, Daniel Vogt, Xinyi Yang & Robert Wood from @harvardseas.bsky.social.
Read:https://bit.ly/47TM9U5
November 10, 2025 at 8:47 PM
We are honored to be featured in Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist @elizkolbert.bsky.social’s new book! It is a collection of thought-provoking essays, including her piece on CETI and witnessing a sperm whale birth with our scientists in Dominica in 2023. Learn more: bit.ly/4qOY91N.
November 5, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Dive into our article written in partnership with MOTH (@nyulaw.bsky.social) now published in Ecology Law Quarterly (ELQ) here: bit.ly/4hnUfbz 🐋🐝🐘🦋Co-authored by: César Rodríguez Garavito, David Gruber, Ashley Otilia Nemeth and @begus.bsky.social. 📸:Amanda Cotton, 🎨: Alejandro Ospina.
October 22, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Thank you @cacmmag.bsky.social and @neilsavage.bsky.social for highlighting our work! Read the article here: bit.ly/42wEV6q
Featuring our team: Shafi Goldwasser, Shane Gero, Jacob Andreas, Pratyusha Sharma, @begus.bsky.social and David Gruber.
October 15, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Thank you BBC World Service and Maria Margaronis for having our Founder and Lead David Gruber on The Documentary Podcast! Listen to the episode here: www.bbc.com/audio/play/p...
October 11, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Listen to Zahrek Gonzalez-Peltier, CETI Drone Pilot and David Gruber, CETI Founder & Lead, discuss on @reuters.com how we execute our “tap-and-go” drone based approach to whale tagging & explain advancements it brings to marine mammal research! 🎥:Thank you @reuters.com, watch here: bit.ly/4p498U1
September 17, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Thank you @sierramagazine.bsky.social and @kathrynhulick.substack.com for highlighting our work!🐋Read the quote from Daniela Rus (@csail.mit.edu), PI on CETI Machine Learning and Robotics Team and more in the piece “Could AI Help Humanity Understand Whales?” here: bit.ly/45tksRL 📸: Arun Madisetti
September 16, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Thank you @nytimes.com & @alexaroblesgil.bsky.social for diving into our “tap-and-go” drone based approach! & Thanks Jeremy Goldbogen @standforddoerr.bsky.social & Ari Friedlaender @ucscscience.bsky.social for sharing their thoughts! Read here: bit.ly/45uizEI 📸: Jaime Rojo.
@harvardseas.bsky.social
September 12, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Available now!🐬🪸🦜🐋 Listen to experts explored at the fourth annual Decoding Communication in Nonhuman Species conference, which we co-hosted in July with the @ucberkelyofficial.bsky.social @simonsinstitute.bsky.social & Oceankind, here: bit.ly/41yYkDe
September 3, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Dive into our new paper by: Daniel Vogt & Robert Wood from @harvardseas.bsky.social; Stefano Pagani; CETI Drone Pilot Zahrek Gonzalez-Peltier; CETI Biology Lead Shane Gero & CETI Founder and Lead David Gruber; here: bit.ly/4oxVati
🎥: Jaime Rojo, Ganesh Marin, Thor Morales & National Geographic.
August 14, 2025 at 2:22 PM
🥳Join us to congratulate Antonio, Chelsea, Gordon, Phoenix & T’Keyah, the 2024/2025 cohort of Dominica Marine Conservation Fellows on completing the 10-month multi-module program developed by CETI x The National Geographic Society! Find out more: bit.ly/4kL6v6d. 🎥: One Off Productions
August 7, 2025 at 12:24 PM
CETI scientists developed a system which accurately locates sperm whales in the deep & the implementation code is available for others! By: Yaakov Buchris & Roee Diamant from the Underwater Acoustics and Navigation lab at University of Haifa & Yaniv Aluma. Read: bit.ly/4kN6wGX%F0%9...: Amanda Cotton
July 30, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Thank you @nbcnews.com for offering a glimpse behind the scenes of our research at Harvard’s Microrobotics Lab @harvardseas.bsky.social that features our Founder and Lead David Gruber, CETI Robotics Lead Robert Wood & PI on CETI Robotics Team Stephanie Gil. 🎥: @nbcnews.com watch here: bit.ly/4kPVBMk
July 25, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Meet Dr. Antonio Torralba! He is a computer vision specialist and Delta Electronics Professor of Electrical Engineering & CS at @mit.edu, @csail.mit.edu & head of the AI + Decision Making faculty in the MIT EECS Department. Learn about his work: bit.ly/4nqMYdZ & read his book here: bit.ly/4eo3cjO!
July 23, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Explore how we take up Carl Sagan’s queries on cetacean intelligence🐋& theorize on how discoveries into their cognition and communication can lead to tangible legal opportunities for them, in our article with @nyulaw.bsky.social’s MOTH Program here: bit.ly/42q1wSy 📸: Amanda Cotton
July 21, 2025 at 12:33 PM
New CETI T-shirt alert! & All the proceeds support our research!🐋The t-shirt is 100% cotton and printed in NYC with artwork designed by Colombian born, NYC based graffiti artist, Calicho Arevalo. 👕Get yours here: bit.ly/4nxSGul
July 8, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Join us to congratulate Micheal Awah, CETI Mechanical Engineering Graduate from Harvard SEAS, on his outstanding senior capstone project: a hybrid aerial and underwater vehicle. Micheal won the Hoopes Prize & Dean’s Award for outstanding Engineering Projects for his work. Learn more: bit.ly/4k1lRTy
July 1, 2025 at 3:15 PM
✨New CETI research shows that sperm whale vocalizations behave like human vowels!🐋 Written by @begus.bsky.social, Maksymilian Dąbkowski and Ronald Sprouse, David Gruber & Shane Gero. Read here: bit.ly/40e6HTX @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social @carleton.ca @cuny.edu 📸: Arun Madisetti
June 26, 2025 at 12:47 PM
✨Our Founder and Lead David Gruber, explored the future of our oceans & the role humanity & emerging technology can play in that effort, in the panel, “What’s Next for Oceans?” at @milkeninstitute.org’s Global Conference here: bit.ly/4kK3uU1 #MIGlobal📸: Jane Kachmer; @milkeninstitute.org
June 25, 2025 at 12:47 PM
🌟Join us in NYC for “Listening to the Whales” at @pioneerwork.bsky.social on Tues. June 24 at 8pm! Our Founder and Lead David Gruber will be in conversation with comparative anatomist Joy Reidenberg and hosted by astrophysicist Janna Levin!
🎟️RSVP for FREE here: bit.ly/4jP1b0Z
June 17, 2025 at 1:53 PM
🐋🎉As seen in @naturecomms.nature.com- Our collaborative paper, which elucidates the sperm whale phonetic alphabet is among the Top 25! By: Pratyusha Sharma, Shane Gero, Roger Payne, David Gruber, Daniela Rus, Antonio Torralba & Jacob Andreas. Read here: go.nature.com/3FLJwcK 📷: Amanda Cotton
June 16, 2025 at 2:10 PM