Currents · Programming · 2026-09-06
AI has taken on a big challenge — it can detect warning signs of
PACMAN can analyse plasma conditions and send control commands in milliseconds. In one experiment, it predicted a potentially damaging tearing-mode instability roughly 200 milliseconds before it appeared and adjusted the plasma to prevent it from developing. The work could offer a new approach to one of the biggest challenges facing practical fusion energy: keeping a reaction stable long enough to make the technology useful. Fusion attempts to recreate the process that powers the Sun.
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