A beloved Australian bird best known for its stunning tail and powers of mimicry may have a cunning hidden talent. New research has revealed the superb lyrebird to be a resourceful farmer, creating ...

In a world first, Montreal-based startup Lyrebird today unveiled a voice-imitation algorithm that can mimic a person’s voice and have it read any text with a given emotion, based on the analysis of ...

What will the moviegoing public make of a film called “Lyrebird”? Oblique but apt, that title refers to an ostentatious Australian bird capable of mimicking the calls of countless other species — the ...

Fossil remains of a large, now-extinct bird species have been discovered in Australia's Boodjamulla National Park.

The lyrebird can mimic the sounds of at least 20 different species. A male lyrebird manipulatively uses this to his advantage, mimicking the sound of a flock of birds to convince a nearby female that ...

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A startup called Lyrebird is using machine learning to clone people’s voices, and its first efforts are nothing short of terrifying. The Canadian company posted a 30-second clip on SoundCloud Friday ...

The pheasant-sized superb lyrebird doesn't look like much until you get to its tail. There are 16 feathers, the two outermost being erect and creating a gorgeous pinnacle of lacy white and brown ...

A Montreal-based AI startup called Lyrebird has taken the wraps off a voice imitation algorithm that the team says can not only mimic the speech of a real person but shift its emotional cadence — and ...

Lyrebirds are renowned mimics — their impersonations of other birds can fool even the species they're copying, and they can replicate mechanical sounds from a chainsaw to a camera shutter too. Like ...

Echo the lyrebird appears to have learned how to perfectly replicate the sound of a wailing baby. The bird, who lives in a Sydney zoo, can also mimic a fire alarm and power drill, a zoo official said.

Up to now, scientists had thought that song was an honest signal from the male. The lyrebird can mimic the sounds of at least 20 different species. A male lyrebird manipulatively uses this to his ...