Sri Lanka, Nov. 14 -- Sri Lanka is considering adopting an artificial intelligence-based early warning system from China to detect wild elephants moving towards villages and alert nearby residents before the animals reach populated areas.

Initial discussions on the proposed technology were held in Galgamuwa on Friday (13), with Chinese Ambassador to Sri Lanka Wei Huaxiang and representatives of Huawei exploring possible technological solutions to the country's human-elephant conflict.

The system, already in operation in China, is designed to identify approaching elephants and issue alerts and messages to communities in the surrounding areas, allowing residents time to take precautionary measures.

The discussions included a field visit ...