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Google eyes space for AI data centers; Amazon challenges Perplexity’s shopping browser; SoftBank and OpenAI launch “Crystal Intelligence” in Japan
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Alphabet
Space May Be the Next Frontier for Google's AI Data Centers
Google unveiled Project Suncatcher — a moonshot to launch AI chips on solar-powered satellites, creating space-based data centers that harness endless clean energy and tackle the power and emissions crisis of Earth’s AI infrastructure.
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Google plans to send its Tensor Processing Units (TPUs) on solar-powered satellites that generate energy almost nonstop—up to eight times more than Earth-based panels. Tests show its Trillium TPUs can endure five years in orbit without failures
The satellites would need to communicate at tens of terabits per second, requiring them to fly in tight formations within kilometers of each other – much closer than satellites operate currently, increasing space debris collision risks
While launch costs are high, Google's analysis suggests space data centers could become cost-competitive with Earth-based ones on a per-kilowatt/year basis by the mid-2030s. The company is partnering with Planet to launch prototype satellites by 2027
Google’s Travis Beals says, “In the future, space may be the best place to scale AI compute.” A recent preprint details its bold plan to solve AI’s soaring energy demands.
Amazon
Amazon Threatens Perplexity Over AI Browser That Shops for Customers
Amazon and Perplexity have kicked off what could be the great AI web browser fight, with Amazon demanding that Perplexity's Comet AI browser stop purchasing products for customers on its platform.
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Amazon has repeatedly demanded that Perplexity stop its Comet AI shopping feature, citing platform rule violations and poor user experience. Amazon has sent what Perplexity calls an "aggressive legal threat" to end the feature
Perplexity fired back, calling Amazon a bully. It says its AI boosts shopping and customer satisfaction, while Amazon prioritizes ads, sponsored results, and upsells. Perplexity noted Andy Jassy’s pledge to “partner with third-party agents,” calling Amazon’s position contradictory
The clash underscores a bigger question: who controls online shopping? Perplexity’s spokesperson Jesse Dwyer said, “It’s like a store letting you hire a shopper who works for the store. That’s not a personal shopper.”
This dispute marks the opening battle in what may become a much larger war over AI browsers and their ability to act autonomously across the web.
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BrowserAct (Life-time Deal): No-code web-scraping tool that uses AI prompts and drag-and-drop workflows to extract reliable data from any website
PixVerse: This AI video generator announced a REMIX feature in its app that lets users swap the subject in any video clip with a single tap [F-R-E-E]
Qwen3-Max-Thinking: The model has been upgraded to achieve top results on challenging reasoning benchmarks [F-R-E-E]
Freepik Spaces: An infinite canvas for teams to create, collaborate, and automate workflows in real time [F-R-E-E]
Anything: Build web and mobile apps, websites, and products—no code—powered by GPT-5 [F-R-E-E]. They also launched a hackathon with $25,000 in awards!