AI is assisting in the search for alien life, and it has discovered 8 unusual new signals.
MeerKAT -a telescope in South Africa
uses a technique called interferometry to combine its 64 dishes to act as a single telescope
This technique is better able to pinpoint where in the sky a signal comes from, which will drastically reduce false positives from radio interference.
If astronomers find a technosignature that cannot be explained away as interference, it would strongly imply that humans are not the only builders of technology in the Milky Way.
This would be one of the most significant discoveries ever made. Which will let us know that we are not alone.