AI agents steer SETI's Allen Telescope Array in real time
ai agents now control seti's allen telescope array, analyzing radio signals on the fly with nvidia's holoscan platform, speeding up data processing.
the seti institute and breakthrough listen are using nvidia's holoscan platform to power ai agents that control the allen telescope array in northern california. these ai agents can steer the telescope and analyze incoming radio signals on the fly, processing up to 2.4 terabits per second. this has significantly reduced data processing time, from weeks to just hours. one of the early successes of this system was the real-time detection of a pulsar in the crab nebula. the team is now exploring the use of open-source software that can run locally on edge devices, with plans to apply this technology to future sensors, potentially even those on the far side of the moon.