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January 26, 2026
Scientists launch AI DinoTracker app that identifies dinosaur footprints
Researchers say artificial intelligence system matches human expert classification about 90% of the time
TL;DR
- A new AI app, DinoTracker, identifies dinosaur species from footprints.
- The app analyzes 2,000 unlabelled footprint silhouettes, focusing on features like toe spread and ground contact.
- Previous AI systems relied on potentially incorrect pre-labeled footprints.
- DinoTracker clusters prints with human expert classifications about 90% of the time.
- The AI supports the idea that some ancient footprints are remarkably birdlike, hinting at older avian ancestry.
- Experts debate whether these tracks were made by early birds or dinosaurs with birdlike feet.
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