Google’s satellite runs AI in orbit and sends back a haiku
Its Suncatcher prototype answered a first prompt with the Gemma 4 model, a month after launch. Google calls it the first AI response from a data-centre-class chip in orbit. Tests of heat and radiation come next.
Google said on October 30 that its Project Suncatcher prototype satellite has answered its first AI prompt in orbit. Engineers sent a prompt to Gemma 4, an open Google model on board, and asked for a haiku about being in space. The answer came down as the satellite passed over Svalbard, Norway.