Physics Breakthrough as AI Successfully Controls Plasma in Nuclear Fusion Experiment

 

Plasma inside the TCV tokamak. (Curdin Wüthrich/SPC/EPFL)

Successfully achieving nuclear fusion holds the promise of delivering a limitless, sustainable source of clean energy, but we can only realize this incredible dream if we can master the complex physics taking place inside the reactor.

Scientists at EPFL’s Swiss Plasma Center and DeepMind have jointly developed a new method for controlling plasma configurations for use in nuclear fusion research.