Denise Herzing leads the Wild Dolphin Project. She has studied dolphin communication since 1985. Her team now uses AI to find patterns in dolphin audio and video. They work with Georgia Tech and Google DeepMind to structure dolphin language. Researchers tested two-way communication with an underwater wearable computer. The device plays dolphin sounds like those for a scarf or sargassum. Mimicry and understanding remain hard to separate in the wild. A controlled environment may help clarify the difference. Full two-way conversation is still far off. Herzing says dolphins might ask why humans harm the ocean. She presented the work at WIRED World Fair 2026.