Google is preparing to take artificial intelligence beyond Earth, quite literally. The company has unveiled Project Suncatcher, an ambitious attempt to explore whether in the future, AI computing could benefit from energy from space like solar energy. As AI models become more powerful, data centres on Earth are consuming increasing amounts of energy and water, and those resources aren’t limitless. Therefore, Google says it is now looking at radical alternatives to make AI development more sustainable in the long run.
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Through Project Suncatcher, Google is planning to place specialised AI chips on solar-po
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