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Make New York Post a Preferred Source This comeback is turning into a mammoth task for artificial intelligence.

Scientists working to de-extinct the woolly mammoth report that the project is taking longer than expected and are relying on AI to solve the 4,000-year-old problem.

Dallas-based Colossal Biosciences is attempting to revive the hairy elephant ancestor through gene-editing technology and DNA harvested from remains of a frozen mammoth found in Siberia in 2018.

The wait to see woolly mammoths stalk the earth will be last a bit longer, as Colossal Biosciences pushes goalposts to the 2030s. Getty Images In 2024, the company forecast that they would be nursing baby woollies in their labs in just four years — but have now announced that the timeline on reconstituting the beloved beasts is being pushed back.