NATURE GETS A HIGH-TECH HELPING HAND

The WWF and US tech company Intel form a partnership to use artificial intelligence to help with the conservation of endangered Amur tigers in China, Wang Kaihao reports in Changchun, Jilin province

Nature and technology are often thought to be polar opposites, but the launch of a new wildlife project in China has shown that this is just a false dichotomy.

On Global Tiger Day on July 29, the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and US technology company Intel signed an agreement in Changchun, the capital of northeastern China's Jilin province, to use artificial intelligence technology to monitor and protect the country's wild Amur tigers, which are also known to the locals as Northeast tigers.