Gibberlink
acoustic data transmission project
GibberLink is an AI project developed by Anton Pidkuiko and Boris Starkov. This technology uses an open-source LLM to transmit acoustic data between two AI hosts. It allows conversational AI agents to switch from speaking to one another in human-understandable languages, such as English, to communicating using their own unique sound-level protocol, once they have confirmed their AI status. The project is available on GitHub, and a free demo is available on the official website.
How it works
An AI begins to speak in a normal voice, just as a voice assistant would when interacting with a human. If the AI recognises that it is talking to another AI, they both switch protocols. Instead of spoken words, the AI agents transmit structured data over modulated sound waves thanks to GGWave's frequency shift keying system or multiple frequency shift keying system.
Reception
The project won the global top prize at the ElevenLabs Worldwide Hackathon. It has also been cited as raising questions around AI ethics and oversight. On February 23, 2025, a YouTube video of two independent conversational ElevenLabs AI agents being prompted to chat about booking a hotel (one as a caller, one as a receptionist) received coverage for going viral.
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