Google’s Suncatcher satellite runs AI in orbit and sends a haiku home
The Next Webby Ana-Maria Stanciuc
Context: Google's prototype data centre satellite ran a Gemma 4 model in orbit and sent back a haiku, Google's Travis Beals wrote on Friday.
From The Next Web: Google’s prototype data centre satellite has run an AI model in orbit and sent its answer back to Earth. The onboard Gemma 4 model wrote a haiku about being in space, Travis Beals, a senior director at Google, wrote in a blog post on Friday.
Omar Sanseviero (in SF)@osanseviero
Gemma 4 was sent to space on a prototype satellite, ran on TPUs using stored solar energy, and its response was sent back to Earth
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