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Space may be the final frontier. But its made in "Google's" Basement Google wants to send its Tensor Processing Units (TPUs) beyond the cloud and directly into orbit. And yes, it's building data centres in space. The endeavour, called 'Project Suncatcher', is led by Travis Beals, senior director of Paradigms of Intelligence at Google. "Space may be the best place to scale AI compute," he said. by Sanjana Gupta |
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After years of looking up answers, Google has decided to actually go there. The tech giant has announced Project Suncatcher, a research initiative to explore scaling AI compute in space—yes, literally—using solar-powered satellite constellations equipped with TPUs. "Inspired by our history of moonshots, from quantum computing to autonomous driving, Project Suncatcher is exploring how we could one day build scalable ML compute systems in space," CEO Sundar Pichai wrote on X. The idea is as simple as it is astounding. In orbit, a solar panel can be up to eight times more productive than one on Earth. Moreover, it gets almost continuous sunlight in the right orbit. This translates to fewer batteries, more power and endless compute. Google's next move is a partnership with Planet Labs to launch two prototype satellites by early 2027. These will test TPU performance in orbit and validate optical inter-satellite links for distributed ML workloads. |
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The Science of Space Project Suncatcher's proposed system would run in a dawn–dusk sun-synchronous orbit, soaking up maximum sunlight all day, every day. To match the performance of terrestrial data centres, satellites would need to communicate at mind-boggling speeds—tens of terabits per second—via free-space optical links. Google's lab has already achieved 1.6 Tbps using a single transceiver pair. And yes, the hardware can handle it. Tests on Google's Trillium v6e Cloud TPUs showed they could easily withstand nearly 3× the expected radiation for a five-year mission. Launch cost has always been the bottleneck, but with prices projected to fall below $200 per kg by mid-2030s, space compute could soon rival the economics of Earth-based data centres. [AIM Network Exclusive] In a recent episode of the Simulated Reality podcast, host Sandeep Sharma discusses the solution to solving the Digital Shelf dilemma with Debobroto Ghosh, VP of products and IPs at C5i. Ghosh unpacks how C5i's Compete platform is giving e-commerce an AI-powered makeover. |
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Google is Not Alone Google's spacefaring ambitions might sound straight out of science fiction, but it's not the only one racing to plug AI into orbit. Philip Johnston, co-founder and CEO of Starcloud, another company developing orbital cloud infrastructure for ML workloads, believes, "In a few years, every hyper-scaler will need to obtain space-based compute capacity or be left behind." Even Elon Musk called Project Suncatcher a "great idea" in reply to Pichai's post. As it happens, Musk had reportedly claimed that SpaceX itself "will be doing" data centres in space. Kepler Communications is building an in-space network for data relay and IoT connectivity, while Axiom Space plans to host commercial data servers aboard its private space stations. Lonestar Data Holdings is even testing servers on the Moon. Back on Earth, India's TakeMe2Space is experimenting with off-Earth data storage. AI NEWS >> [Developers' Meetup] Building Tomorrow: Where Cloud, AI & Data Converge: Join us at the Dentsu Global Services Developers' Meet Up 2025 to explore this powerful synergy that's reshaping innovation. Engage with industry leaders, discover cutting-edge tools and gain insights into how this convergence is powering the next era of digital transformation. 📍 November 22 – Bengaluru 📍 December 6 – Pune Don't miss this opportunity to be part of a community shaping the future of tech. Register now and stay ahead of the curve. |
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Hyderabad vs Bengaluru for GCCs Bengaluru's long reign as India's GCC capital is facing a fresh wave of challengers. Hyderabad has emerged as the country's new greenfield GCC hotspot, and Tier-2 cities aren't far behind. by Mohit Pandey |
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OpenAI has officially launched Atlas, a browser that embeds ChatGPT right into your browsing window, so you can ask, write, summarise or even automate tasks without ever switching tabs. Atlas is now live for macOS users across the Free, Plus, Pro and Go tiers, with beta access rolling out for Business, Enterprise and Education accounts. Versions for Windows, iOS, and Android are already on the horizon. The browser's key pitch is simple, but brilliant: ChatGPT goes wherever you go online. During the demo, Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, summed it up, "It's smooth, it's quick and it's very nice to use." Social media, of course, had its say. Many users attribute these traits to Google's Chromium.
"Something's bugging me about Atlas—it's clearly Chromium-based (you can tell from the user agent and UI), but I can't find any credit to Chromium anywhere. No license info, no acknowledgements," a user said on Hacker News. "Sam realises that his team just made Chrome with ChatGPT as the home tab." Meanwhile, right around this launch, OpenAI wrote on X that Meta changed its policies so that 1-800-ChatGPT won't work on WhatsApp after January 15, 2026. "Luckily, we have an app, website and browser you can use instead to access ChatGPT," OpenAI added in a not-so-subtle flex.
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[Event Alert] Global integrated risk assessment firm Moody's is set to host its invite-only event 'Moody's India Open House' on Friday, November 7, at The Ritz-Carlton in Bengaluru's Ashok Nagar. Click here to know more. [Webinar Alert] AIM x Polestar Innovator Session: Are You Agent-Ready? Join Ankit Rana, chief innovation officer at Polestar Analytics, and Siddharth Poddar, chief product officer at Polestar Analytics, as they break down what it truly means to be "agent-ready". Click here to know more. The timing of ChatGPT's Atlas release couldn't have been more intriguing. Recently, Perplexity unveiled Comet, its AI-first browser designed to automate web workflows. Microsoft's Edge leans deeper into its Copilot Mode. Meanwhile, Google's Chrome has Gemini-powered conversational search, Brave has Leo, Opera has Neon and, now, OpenAI has Atlas. "Just woke up. Did I miss anything?" Aravind Srinivas, CEO of Perplexity, sarcastically said on X. In response, users dismissed any cause for concern, noting that it was just another browser in the market. But Atlas isn't just another search bar upgrade. For power users, an Agent Mode lets ChatGPT handle multi-step tasks like research, analysis or scheduling. It's an early glimpse at what OpenAI calls "autonomous agents". Yes, it's all built on top of Google's Chromium, which feels almost poetic. The company that kickstarted the AI boom with ChatGPT, itself built on Google's Transformer architecture, is now wrapping its biggest rival's codebase to take on its core product. This ironically pushed Google to play catch-up with Gemini. Three years later, OpenAI is doing it again. This time, however, not with a chatbot, but with the browser itself. AI NEWS >> |
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