Google receives the first AI response generated by a TPU in orbit, in Project Suncatcher
Published in edition no. 2 of Noticiário do Joãozinho ·
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The Project Suncatcher prototype satellite, launched on October 1, ran the open model Gemma 4 on board and sent back a haiku about being in space, received during a pass over Svalbard, Norway. Google calls it the first AI response from a data-center-class TPU in orbit. The next tests evaluate the TPUs under thermal stress and radiation, and the next milestone is two linked satellites in 2027.
Original source: Google — https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/models-and-research/google-research/project-suncatcher-satellite-response/