{"id":16390,"date":"2025-05-13T13:31:57","date_gmt":"2025-05-13T13:31:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/TheNextWeb=1413612"},"modified":"2025-05-13T13:31:57","modified_gmt":"2025-05-13T13:31:57","slug":"helsings-ai-submarine-joins-europes-growing-ocean-drone-fleet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/?p=16390","title":{"rendered":"Helsing\u2019s AI submarine joins Europe\u2019s growing ocean drone fleet"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Helsing, Europe\u2019s best-funded defence tech startup, has unveiled its latest product \u2014 an autonomous mini-submarine for underwater reconnaissance. <\/span><\/p>\n

Dubbed SG-1 Fathom, the sub is the latest addition to Europe\u2019s growing fleet of ocean drones, which aim to better protect the continent\u2019s ships and subsea infrastructure from surveillance, sabotage, and attacks. <\/span><\/p>\n

The 1.95-metre Fathom is designed to slowly patrol the ocean for up to three months at a time. The vessel is powered by an AI<\/a> platform called Lura. The system is a large acoustic model (LAM) \u2014 like a large language model (LLM) but for sound. <\/span><\/p>\n

Lura is able to classify sounds made by ships and submarines and then pinpoint their locations. Helsing said the algorithm can identify sounds at volumes 10 times quieter than competing AI models. It also works at 40 times the speed of an equivalent human operator.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Helsing said the \u201cmass-producible\u201d submarines can be deployed in hundreds-strong \u201cconstellations\u201d to carry out large-scale surveillance.  <\/span><\/p>\n

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Helsing plans to build the autonomous ocean drones in large numbers. Credit: Helsing<\/figcaption>