News Summary

• The latest addition to China’s Tiangong space station is an AI chatbot with expertise in navigation and tactical planning.
• Named Wukong AI, the chatbot was introduced on the space station in mid-July, and has already completed its first mission: supporting three taikonauts during a spacewalk.
• Wukong is neither the first AI system in space nor the first on a station.
• The International Space Station already has Astrobee, a robot that assists astronauts with routine tasks, and CIMON, a conversational psychological support system.