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Google's AI-equipped satellite produces first response from space

Original: Google's AI chip-equipped satellite has generated its first response from space. In a blog post on Friday, Google says i

Google says it successfully booted up the Tensor Processing Units on an AI-equipped satellite, allowing an on-board Gemma model to generate a response in orbit for the first time. The milestone marks a step toward running AI models directly in space rather than relying on ground-based datacentres, with potential implications for faster data processing and satellite autonomy.

Why now: Running AI models on satellites in orbit is a notable technical milestone with implications for the future of space-based computing.

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• Google's AI chip-equipped satellite has generated its first response from space. In a blog post on Friday, Google says it successfully booted up the satellite's Tensor Processing Units (TPUs), allowing the on-board Gemma 4 model to follow through on a prompt to create a haiku… · verge@www.urbanmind.net · 8

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