Chinese AI startup spreads facial recognition, one cow at a time

System monitors livestock health to boost productivity as labor costs rise

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Zhao's system can identify cows at an accuracy rate of 90% when the animals are feeding.

COCO LIU and SHUNSUKE TABETA, Nikkei staff writers

YECHANG, China/HONG KONG -- Piles of manure and swarming flies make the Brother Farm deep in northern China seem unremarkable at first glance, but a quick look at its milking facility suggests this is no ordinary dairy farm.

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