The trend: Just when you thought AI was all about productivity, along comes AI for flora and fauna, with dogs, pigs, and plants getting in the game.

With a woof woof here … Personifi AI created the $495 Shazam Band AI pet collar. While it’s not quite the same as Dug’s in “Up,” it does let your dog or cat communicate through a speaker in the collar.

• CEO John McHale said it provides “sentience augmentation” by deciphering the animal’s moods and movements through sensors.