Are Dog’s Talking Buttons a Lie? New Study Says They Might Not Understand a Word!

Those viral videos of dogs “talking” with buttons might not be as impressive as they seem. A groundbreaking new study from Eötvös Loránd University in Budapest casts serious doubt on the effectiveness of Augmentative Interspecies Communication (AIC) buttons—those recordable sound devices made popular on TikTok and Instagram—for actually conveying meaning to dogs.