Google has partnered with energy startup Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS) to use artificial intelligence to fine-tune and even improve the fusion reactor it is building.
CFS plans to launch the Spark fusion reactor next year. According to Google DeepMind, its proprietary software, Torax, is designed to simulate the behavior of plasma inside the reactor. The system can analyze thousands of variables in real time and control the reactor more efficiently than humans.
In the future, Torax will be paired with an AI model to help select the optimal parameters for stable plasma combustion in the Spark reactor. Google notes that Torax can be combined with reinforcement learning and evolutionary search systems to find the "most efficient and sustainable way to produce clean energy." This, in turn, will help create sustainable fusion energy.
