Meet Wukong, the AI Chatbot China Has Installed on Its Space Station
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Summary
China has added an AI chatbot to its TIangong space station, named Wukong AI, which was developed using a domestic open-source AI model and focused on aerospace flight data.
It was first connected to the station on 15th July and has already supported taikonauts during a six-and-a-half-hour spacewalk to install space debris protection devices and carry out a routine inspection of the station.
The AI is described as a classic question-and-answer system in two modules, one on the station and one on Earth, with the latter carrying out in-depth analysis while the former solves immediate challenges for the crew.
China plans to use the TIangong station as a microgravity laboratory for experiments that cannot be conducted on Earth, and eventually as an intermediate logistics and training platform between the moon and Earth.
