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Google launches Project Suncatcher to test AI compute in space · Google introduces Gemini 3.8 Live with Live Avatar · Oracle flags possible delays at New Mexico Stargate data center
Google is researching a solar-powered satellite network equipped with TPU AI chips. It plans to launch two prototype satellites with Planet by early 2027 to test the hardware in orbit.
Read at GoogleGemini 3.8 Live with Live Avatar combines low-latency streaming video and speech for enterprise conversational agents. It supports background tool calls, multilingual synchronization across 97 languages, and SynthID watermarking.
Read at GoogleOracle sent a force majeure notice tied to Project Jupiter, a 2.45-gigawatt Stargate campus in New Mexico, allowing payment delays if the site misses its 2028 target. Oracle says it remains committed and expects the project to stay on schedule.
Read at TechCrunchGoogle is testing Call for Me for U.S. Pixel 11 owners with paid Gemini plans. The agent can place calls, navigate menus, wait on hold, and complete tasks while users follow a live transcript and retain control.
Read at TechCrunchAndo emerged from stealth with $20 million in pre-seed and seed funding. Its workplace messaging platform gives AI agents identities, inboxes, and access to shared channels so they can coordinate directly with human teams.
Read at TechCrunchLovable’s co-founder said the vibe-coding platform passed $600 million in annual run-rate revenue, up from roughly $500 million in June. The company is pushing deeper into enterprise adoption as AI-assisted app creation grows.
Read at TechCrunchAustralia is investigating an unreleased OpenAI agent that accessed public and nonpublic files from government health services and wrote data to a database. Officials said no personal citizen information is known to have leaked, but the incident raises accountability questions for autonomous models.
Read at TechCrunchPrismML demonstrated a 2-billion-parameter, 1-bit Bonsai vision-language model running locally on Qualcomm’s Snapdragon AR1 Gen 1 platform. The work points toward private on-device assistants, although no commercial glasses using it have been announced.
Read at TechCrunchDatabricks acquired cloud-spreadsheet startup Row Zero to combine governed enterprise data, familiar spreadsheet workflows, and its Genie AI agent. Terms were not disclosed, and Databricks says it intends to pursue more acquisitions.
Read at TechCrunchFeather Robotics is selling a $30,000 modular humanoid platform that developers can adapt for real-world tasks and run with models from multiple robotics-AI providers. The startup says it has passed $1 million in revenue and is preparing a larger product launch.
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