Meng Xiaoyi claims AI collar translates pet sounds and gestures
A Chinese startup, Meng Xiaoyi, has unveiled an AI-powered pet collar that claims it can turn your cat's or dog's sounds and body language into human speech.
The company says the collar can pick up on more than 20 emotional states, like hunger or wanting to play, with up to 95% accuracy.
In their demo, a meow became "I wanna play," while a bark turned into "I'm hungry."
Priced 11,000 rupees, over 10,000 preorders
The collar is lightweight (just 27gm) and uses microphones and motion sensors to figure out how your pet feels. It even lets you send commands back in sounds pets understand.
Powered by Alibaba Cloud's Qwen AI model, trained on millions of animal noises, the device costs about 11,000 rupees (799 yuan).
With more than 10,000 preorders ahead of its May 30 release, reactions online are skeptical: some people are curious, but others say they already get what their pets need without tech doing the talking.