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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
Technology
Jim Manzon

Chinese AI Pet Translator Claims 95% Accuracy, but Scientists Say Your Dog Is Not Actually Talking to You

Over 10,000 pet owners have already pre-ordered the AI collar, which uses Alibaba Cloud's Qwen language model (Credit: Jack Plant/X)

A Chinese startup says it has built an AI-powered collar that can translate your pet's barks and meows into human language with 94.6% accuracy, but there is no published science to back that number up.

Hangzhou-based Meng Xiaoyi, which markets the device internationally as PettiChat, opened pre-orders earlier this month and has already secured more than 10,000 reservations at 799 yuan ($118, or roughly £88) per unit. The company has also claimed approximately $1 million (£741,000) in angel funding to support production.

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