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Alphabet’s Loon has discontinued use of man-made algorithms in steering its Internet-providing balloons. Instead, the fleet is directed around the globe by an artificial intelligence. This particular ...
Alphabet's Loon has shifted to a different type of navigation system for its internet-beaming balloons. Rather than relying on algorithms designed by humans, the balloons are using an artificial ...
Internet-beaming air balloons, developed by Google's sister company Alphabet under the name Project Loon, have racked up over one million hours in the sky -- while the network's AI has learned some ...
It’s been a big week for Loon. Just eight days ago, it was one of Alphabet’s moonshot projects, launching antennas attached to giant balloons into the stratosphere to beam internet down to Earth. Now ...