Learn about Wukong, AI Chatbot China has been installed on its space station

The latest addition to China Tiangong space station is Amnesty International Chatbot with experience in tactical movement and planning. His name is wukong ai – after the protagonist “Monkey King” legend In Chinese myths, Sunwikon – Chatbot It was presented at the space station in mid -July, and it has already completed its first mission: supporting three Taikonauts during space.

Information about wukong ai is still limited. The Chinese authorities said they developed it from the Open source Amnesty International model; According to Chengua, the state -run Chinese News Agency, designed by engineers to meet the requirements of manufactured space tasks, and the knowledge base focused on air aviation data.

“This system can provide rapid and effective support for complex operations and error processing by crew members, improving work efficiency, psychological support in orbit, coordination between satellite and land teams,” Xinhua said.

The technicians connected artificial intelligence to Tiangong on July 15. She started providing support after a month, and this is the first time that the space station in China has used a major linguistic model (LLM) during orbit missions. Wukong AI helped the crew on a six and a half hours of a task, which included Taikonauts fixing spacecraft protection devices during space and conducted a routine examination of the station.

Taikonauts claims that their new assistant “provides very comprehensive content.” Chinese media describes Wukong AI as a classic question system and a two -divided unit: one installed on the station, and one on the ground. The terrestrial unit performs an in -depth analysis, while the unit associated with the crew solves the immediate challenges. A mixture of the two creates an advanced assistant capable of adapting to each task.

Wukong is not the first artificial intelligence system in space or the first at a station. the International Space Station It already has Astrobee, a robot that helps astronauts with routine tasks, and CIMON, a psychological support system for conversation. Wukong AI is that it combines smart auxiliary functions – such as that used on Earth – with a full focus on space mobility.

Tiangong Station is the essence of China’s strategy to unify its location as a space power over the next thirty years. The station is currently working as a small gravitational laboratory for experiments that will be impossible on the ground. In the future, China plans to expand it and turn it into a logistical platform and an intermediate training between the moon and the Earth’s surface.

And the reason for the name of the artificial intelligence? Sun Wukong is a legendary person who appears in the classic novel A journey to the west. In China, it symbolizes cunning, the ability to adapt, endure, and seek knowledge.

This story was originally appeared on EN Español wireless It was translated from Spanish.