By Jai Bednall
Publication Date: 2026-03-23 00:55:00
The use of artificial intelligence continues to advance at an astonishing rate.
The most recent example of AI transforming industries that have been run a certain way for centuries is agriculture, where a “cow algorithm” is leading to efficiencies in unexpected ways.
New Zealand company Halter attaches smart collars to cows that allow farmers to control their movement via an app.
In a development that is sure to have cattle dogs lining up at Centrelink, the solar-powered collars not only record health information, including digestive and fertility cycles, but also send sound and vibration signals to the animal.
The herd can be called to milk at the touch of a button and fences are being replaced with digitally created boundaries that restrict livestock to certain parts of a paddock to allow for more efficient land use.
Halter was founded in 2016, but caused a stir on social media over the weekend after reports that world-renowned venture capitalist Peter Thiel – the first outside investor in…
