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Google's First Data Center Satellite Generates Haiku in Orbit

  • Google's Project Suncatcher satellite is operational after launching earlier this month.
  • The satellite successfully ran its Gemma 4 AI model and generated a haiku about being in space.
  • The satellite is equipped with four Google Tensor Processing Units (TPUs) and generates up to 1 kW of electricity.
  • The haiku generated by the AI model reads: 'Blue marble below, Data streams in silent grace, Starlight feeds my core.'
  • The successful operation confirms the potential of operating AI hardware in space.

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