Satellite Ai

Google's first data center satellite is online, running a Google DeepMind Gemma 4 model on a TPU in space and writing poetry. It marks the first TPU deployed in orbit.

Infrastructure • TechCrunch AI

Google DeepMind and the World Resources Institute released ForTy, a global map classifying forests and land into six categories using satellite data and AI. The map could support EU deforestation tracking, though it identifies only about half of planted forests and tree-crop areas and 60% of plantations.

AI Applications • The Decoder