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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 it successfully booted up Tensor Processing Units on an AI-equipped satellite and the on-board Gemma 4 model produced a first response from space after receiving a prompt.
Why it matters: It shows Google running an AI model on TPUs in orbit rather than on the ground.
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“Google's AI chip-equipped satellite has generated its first response from space.”
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