For 24 hours, a small Near-Earth Orbit (NEO) satellite called Qimingxing 1 was governed entirely by an AI program.
The satellite chose Patna in India and Osaka in Japan for taking a “closer look”. The other locations have not been released by the researchers to the Press.
The team suggested that an AI-controlled satellite could alert select users – including the military, national security administration and other relevant agencies – if it detected unusual objects or activity.
Emma, which is an AI engine that explains news in various formats, generated this poem to explain what just happened:
This is not China’s first foray into AI led satellite operations. In April 2022, Chinese researchers published a paper after their work was able to use AI to train satellites to keep a closer watch on moving targets even as they went into a tunnel, under a bridge, or otherwise vanished from view.
*However, we could not find the original paper on the internet.
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