India, Oct. 31 -- Google has successfully generated its first AI response from a prototype satellite in orbit, marking a key milestone in its ambitious Project Suncatcher initiative. The experiment involved running the company's Gemma 4 AI model on a Tensor Processing Unit (TPU) aboard the spacecraft, taking Google's efforts to explore AI computing in space a step further.

Google launched its prototype satellite for Project Suncatcher on October 1, marking the beginning of an experimental effort to explore whether AI computing infrastructure could eventually operate in space.

In an update published on its official blog, Google said the team had spent the following weeks completing initial checks, powering up the satellite's onboard syst...