中英對照讀新聞》Japan’s beloved cats get healthcare help from AI受到喜愛的日本貓咪獲得人工智慧的醫療協助

◎孫宇青

Mayumi Kitakata frets about the health and wellbeing of Chi, her 14-year-old stoic pet cat who enjoys treats, indulges a bit too much in the catnip.

喜多方真由美（譯音）為小智的健康和幸福擔憂不已，14歲的小智是她堅強的寵物貓，喜歡美食，有點太沉迷於貓薄荷。

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Kitakata, 57, has had pet cats come and go over the years, and to help give Chi as many seasons as possible, she’s turned to artificial intelligence.

57歲的喜多方多年來一直養著寵物貓，為了讓小智盡可能多活幾個季節，她求助於人工智慧。

In March, Kitakata became an early adopter of CatsMe!, an AI-driven smartphone application that purports to tell when a cat is feeling pain.

今年3月，喜多方成為CatsMe!的早期用戶，這是一款由人工智慧驅動的智慧型手機應用程式，旨在通知貓咪何時感到疼痛。

Tech startup Carelogy and researchers at Nihon University developed CatsMe! by training it on 6,000 pictures of cats, and the app has been used by more than 230,000 customers since its launch last year. The developers say it is more than 95% accurate and expect that degree to improve as the AI trains on more feline faces.（Reuters）

科技新創公司Carelogy和日本大學研究人員，使用6000張貓的圖片進行訓練而開發出CatsMe！，自去年推出以來，已有超過23萬名客戶使用該程式。開發人員表示，其準確率超過95％，隨著人工智慧在更多貓科動物面孔上進行訓練，預計準確率將進一步提升。（路透）

新聞辭典

fret：動詞，煩躁不安；苦惱。例句：Jimmy fretted about what he said to Mom all day.（吉米整天都為了他跟媽媽說的話苦惱不已。）

stoic：形容詞，（面對困境時）堅忍的、隱忍的。例句：Everyone knew Jane was in great shock, despite her stoic attitude.（儘管阿珍非常堅強，但大家都知道她嚇壞了。）