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Google said it successfully booted Tensor Processing Units on an AI-equipped prototype satellite, and an on-board Gemma 4 model produced a first response from space after receiving a prompt.
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Google says the first TPU in space is online, running a Google DeepMind Gemma 4 model and writing poetry.
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More coverage of this story (3)
Google's Project Suncatcher satellite transmits first AI response from orbit
Google's AI satellite sends a very expensive haiku to Earth
The Register AI + ML · 31 Oct 2026, 15:36
Google’s satellite AI server transmits its first response to Earth
The Verge AI · 30 Oct 2026, 18:21
We’ve received our first response from the Project Suncatcher prototype satellite.
Google Research · 30 Oct 2026, 17:00
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“The first TPU in space is running a Google DeepMind Gemma 4 model and writing cheesy poetry.”
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