AI agents take over at SETI's Allen Telescope Array, scanning for extraterrestrial intelligence
The SETI Institute and Breakthrough Listen have deployed AI agents at the Allen Telescope Array to control the telescope and analyze radio signals, reducing tasks that previously took weeks to hours. The system achieved a real-time detection of a pulsar in the Crab Nebula for the first time.
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The SETI Institute and Breakthrough Listen are now using AI agents at the Allen Telescope Array to control the telescope and analyze incoming radio signals. Tasks that used to take weeks can now wrap up in hours, and the team says the system detected a pulsar in the Crab Nebula in real time for the first time.
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