US expert says Chinese spy balloon guided by AI difficult to shoot down

A US expert said Friday that the first Chinese surveillance balloon the Pentagon found flying over US ballistic missile sites may be guided by AI technology. A second Chinese surveillance balloon was also seen later in Latin America. Kimliam Kim, an expert in the field, told AFP that balloons are an excellent means of surveillance that are difficult to bring down.

Kim said that the first Chinese balloon looks like a normal weather balloon but has many features. As such it has a fairly large, visible "payload" – electronics for guidance and information gathering powered by large solar panels.