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China to Build Deep Sea Case Run by Robots

Chinese structures are seen in the disputed Spratly Islands in the South China Sea in April last year. © Reuters
Chinese structures are seen in the disputed Spratly Islands in the South China Sea in April last year. © Reuters
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China to Build Deep Sea Case Run by Robots

Chinese structures are seen in the disputed Spratly Islands in the South China Sea in April last year. © Reuters
Chinese structures are seen in the disputed Spratly Islands in the South China Sea in April last year. © Reuters

Artificial Intelligence System (AI) will be used to run the first Chinese deep sea base that no human can reach, the South China Morning Star newspaper reported.

According to reports, researchers at the Chinese Academy of Sciences plan to build a robotic base in the South China Sea. This base could become the first AI settlement in the world.

The base is located at 19685 to 36,100 feet (6 to 11 kilometers) below sea level and will be equipped with power supplies via cables from ships or floating platforms.

It will be designed from interconnecting units like those composing the International Space Station. Robotic submarines that explore the depths of the sea and collect data on marine life will embark from its deep ridges.

The base will also work in collecting and analyzing samples of raw minerals.

Scientists have so far been able to explore only 1% of seas and oceans whose waters cover 70% of the Earth's surface.

The Chinese research will provide data to analyze changes in the Earth climate, explore elements for new drugs and pharmaceuticals, and identify endangered marine organisms. According to scientists' estimates, the cost of the base will reach $160 million.

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Thousands Flee after Japan’s Biggest Wildfire in Decades

An aerial views shows a forest fire on a mountain in Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, February 28, 2025, in this photo taken by Kyodo. (Kyodo/via Reuters)
An aerial views shows a forest fire on a mountain in Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, February 28, 2025, in this photo taken by Kyodo. (Kyodo/via Reuters)
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Thousands Flee after Japan’s Biggest Wildfire in Decades

An aerial views shows a forest fire on a mountain in Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, February 28, 2025, in this photo taken by Kyodo. (Kyodo/via Reuters)
An aerial views shows a forest fire on a mountain in Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, February 28, 2025, in this photo taken by Kyodo. (Kyodo/via Reuters)

Thousands of people evacuated from parts of northern Japan as the country's largest wildfire in three decades raged unabated Sunday after killing at least one person, officials said.

Around 2,000 people fled areas around the northern Japan city of Ofunato to stay with friends or relatives, while more than 1,200 evacuated to shelters, according to officials.

"We're still examining the size of the affected area, but it is the biggest since the 1992 wildfire" in Kushiro, Hokkaido, a disaster management agency spokesman told AFP Saturday.

Some reports estimated the fire had spread over 1,800 hectares.

Aerial footage by NHK showed columns of white smoke billowing, four days after the blaze first materialized, with military helicopters trying to douse them.

One burned body has been discovered so far, with more than 80 buildings damaged and around 1,700 firefighters mobilized from across the country.

The number of wildfires has declined since the peak in the 1970s, according to government data, but there were about 1,300 across Japan in 2023 -- concentrated in the February to April period when the air dries and winds pick up.