
Google's Suncatcher satellite comes online and runs Gemma 4 in orbit
After three weeks of commissioning, the TPU-carrying prototype answered its first prompt, and Google plans two more satellites with laser links in 2027.
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After three weeks of commissioning, the TPU-carrying prototype answered its first prompt, and Google plans two more satellites with laser links in 2027.

Google's CEO says the industry is pretty far from the end state of recursive self-improvement and that every lab wishes it had twice the compute.

Import AI 474 covers a non-physicalist theory of mind, a call for a universal robotics post-training recipe, and Trillium TPUs bound for SpaceX's Transporter-18.

The talks tie Google's Project Suncatcher to SpaceX's launch capacity, with prototype satellites slated for 2027.
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