Chinese ‘spy’ balloon may be guided by advanced AI technology, says expert

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Chinese ‘spy’ balloon may be guided by advanced AI technology, says expert
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The balloon is moving over central US and may reach the east coast this weekend. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Mr William Kim, a specialist in surveillance balloons at the Marathon Initiative think-tank in Washington, told AFP on Friday that balloons are a valuable means of observation that are difficult to shoot down.

And it appears to have advanced steering technologies that the US military has not yet put in the air. “What’s happened very recently with advances in AI is that you can have a balloon that... doesn’t need its own motion system. Merely by adjusting the altitude, it can control its direction.” Moments before Mr Blinken’s decision to cancel his trip – aimed at easing tensions between the two countries – China issued a rare statement of regret over the first balloon and blamed winds for pushing what it called a civilian airship into US airspace.More On This TopicMr Kim said that as satellites become more vulnerable to being attacked from the earth and space, balloons have distinct advantages.

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