{"rewrite":{"id":"r_e43d3a0b9820b0bc8f257c32","clusterId":"c_df91edaa6348800feba462af","slug":"google-receives-haiku-reply-from-gemma-4-running-on-an-orbiting-tpu","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Google Receives Haiku Reply from Gemma 4 Running on an Orbiting TPU","summary":"Google announced on October 30, 2026 that its Project Suncatcher satellite returned a generated haiku from the open model Gemma 4, running on a TPU aboard the craft in low Earth orbit. An instruction was sent from a ground station, and the verse arrived as the satellite passed above the Svalbard archipelago. The satellite launched on October 1, 2026.","whyItMatters":"A working model reply from orbit moves Project Suncatcher past launch checks and into the question Google still has to answer: whether a TPU can keep computing through thermal stress and radiation.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe response came back as the satellite passed above the Svalbard archipelago in Norwegian territory. Google then ran further prompts, including requests for humorous fixed-form space poetry and for the satellite to report the technical status of its onboard systems.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe checks that preceded the haiku covered startup of the host computer and the equipment housing the TPU. Google now plans to test the processor\u0026#39;s resistance to thermal stress and radiation, and has scheduled a 2027 experiment that interconnects two satellites.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Gemma 4's haiku arrived during a Svalbard pass, which ties the reply to a ground station's line of sight. Orbital inference still waits on a window.","twitterPost":"Gemma 4's haiku came back during a Svalbard pass. Orbital inference still runs on a ground station's line of sight.","threadsPost":"Gemma 4 wrote a haiku aboard a Project Suncatcher satellite and it came down as the craft passed over Svalbard. The window matters: a generated reply from orbit still depends on a ground station catching the satellite at the right moment.","newsletterBlurb":"Google's Project Suncatcher satellite returned a haiku generated by Gemma 4 on its onboard TPU, delivered as the craft passed over Svalbard. Google followed with prompts for comic verse and onboard status reports. Radiation and thermal tests come next, then a 2027 plan to link two satellites.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"GIGAZINE\",\"url\":\"https://gigazine.net/news/20261102-google-project-suncatcher-haiku/\",\"title\":\"Haiku Sent from Satellite Equipped with Google's AI \\\"Gemma 4\\\" as \\\"World's First Response from AI in Space\\\"\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":5573,"outputTokens":673,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1793589263,"createdAt":"2026-11-02T03:11:14.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-11-02T03:13:01.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-11-02T03:13:01.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_df91edaa6348800feba462af","canonicalTitle":"GoogleのAI「Gemma 4」搭載衛星から「宇宙にいるAIからの世界初の応答」として俳句が送信される","representativeArticleId":"a_e9579b925c760d483959262c","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"news\",\"domain\":\"other\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-11-02T02:30:00.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-11-02T02:30:00.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-11-02T03:13:00.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"GIGAZINE","url":"https://gigazine.net/news/20261102-google-project-suncatcher-haiku/","title":"GoogleのAI「Gemma 4」搭載衛星から「宇宙にいるAIからの世界初の応答」として俳句が送信される"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":[],"studios":[],"people":[],"type":"news","domain":"other","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":["Google announced the response on October 30, 2026.","The Project Suncatcher satellite launched on October 1, 2026, carrying a TPU and running the Gemma 4 open model.","The haiku was received as the satellite passed near the area above the Svalbard archipelago.","Google plans further tests of the TPU's resistance to thermal stress and radiation.","Google has scheduled a 2027 experiment interconnecting two satellites."],"pageLinks":{"healthSlugs":[],"storySlugs":[],"entities":[],"stories":[],"entitiesOk":true,"storiesOk":true}}