AI Is Coming to Factory Farms. Will It Help the Animals or Just the Industry?

New technology can detect pain in farm animals, but critics say it may do more to bolster the system than improve it.

By: Emily Payne

Outlets: Sentient

Published: July 27, 2026

Words: 1,371

Last Updated: 1 week ago

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A cow favors one leg. A chicken breathes with their beak slightly open. A goat spends a little more time lying down, a little less time eating. A pig pins their ears back, or squeals at a higher pitch. All of these subtle changes can signal pain in farm animals before more obvious signs of suffering appear.

But on modern factory farms housing hundreds to tens of thousands of animals, those signals are easily missed.

Researchers …

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