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AI agents are helping steer the Allen Telescope Array and analyse radio signals as researchers search for extraterrestrial intelligence, The Decoder reports. The account says work that once took weeks can now be completed in hours.

The report also says the system detected a pulsar in the Crab Nebula in real time for the first time. That is a striking result, though it remains a claim reported by The Decoder, not an independently established finding here. This is AI doing more than sorting data after the event: it is part of how the telescope is operated. How much evidence should researchers publish before calling that a genuine improvement to the search?

Discuss: What evidence should researchers publish before calling AI a genuine improvement to the search for extraterrestrial signals?

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