According to a Reuters report today,JapanoneStartups Carelogy and Nihon University jointly developed aCatsMe!” app, which was trained on 6,000 cat images, has more than 230,000 users since its launch last year.
This app can tell when a cat is in pain.This reduces the amount of stress users have to endure when guessing when they need to take their cat to the veterinary clinic.The developers say the app has an accuracy rate of more than 95%, and as the AI recognizes more cat faces, its accuracy is expected to improve further.
According to Nihon University professor Kazuya Edamura, veterinarians can determine to a certain extent whether an animal is in pain.But it is a difficult task for the owner..
"Our statistics show that more than 70% of elderly cats suffer from arthritis or other diseases, but only 2% of elderly cats actually go to the hospital for treatment," said Jiang Tian. "So rather than a final diagnosis,We prefer to use this app as a tool to help owners understand whether the situation is normal. "
IT Home learned that the report mentioned the story of a 57-year-old woman named Kitakata, who has kept many pet cats over the years and currently owns a 14-year-old "senior" cat named "Chi". In order to extend Chi's life as much as possible, she became an early user of this AI-driven pet-raising app in March this year.
Currently, Kitakata uses this app to monitor Chi's toileting habits every day.And use it to interpret Chi's expressions.