I have seen this concept before but I think I missed this paper when it came out earlier this year.

Real‐time alerts from AI‐enabled camera traps using the Iridium satellite network: A case‐study in Gabon, Central Africa
Efforts to preserve, protect and restore ecosystems are hindered by long delays between data collection and analysis. Threats to ecosystems can go undetected for years or decades as a result. Real...
Here are some more backbround from some of the authors:
and this:
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