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The first TPU operating in space is running a Google DeepMind Gemma 4 model to generate poetry.

• •The first TPU operating in space is now online.
• •The TPU is executing a Google DeepMind Gemma 4 model.
• •The model is currently engaged in generating poetry.

Google DeepMind announced the interactive world model 'Genie 4' and began offering a research preview to trusted testers.

• •Google DeepMind announced the interactive world model 'Genie 4' on October 27.
• •A research preview is currently being provided to trusted testers.
• •It will later be rolled out to Project Genie's Google AI Ultra subscribers and early access partners for Gemini API and Google AI Studio.

Google DeepMind announced 'Genie 4,' an AI that generates interactive virtual worlds in real time, enabling simultaneous audio and conversation generation with Gemini integration.

• •Improved video quality and physics simulation allow real-time simultaneous generation of environmental sounds and conversation audio.
• •It enables natural character movements and environment manipulation via text.
• •Initially offered as a research preview, it will be rolled out to 'Google AI Ultra' subscribers and others.

Google DeepMind released Genie 4, a world model featuring real-time audio, more realistic simulations, and mid-simulation text prompts.

• •Genie 4 supports real-time audio and more realistic simulation environments.
• •It allows users to input text prompts to steer the simulation while it is running.
• •The model is available as a research preview for trusted testers.

According to the BBC, several current and former Google DeepMind employees resigned in protest against the company's AI contracts with the military over concerns about battlefield AI use.

• •The BBC interviewed several current and former Google DeepMind employees.
• •The employees expressed concerns about the use of AI on the battlefield.
• •The resignations were a backlash against Google's AI contracts with the military.

Google DeepMind, Meta, and Isomorphic Labs jointly invest $300 million in Biohub, a nonprofit founded by the Zuckerbergs, to support AI dataset construction.

• •Google DeepMind, Meta, and Isomorphic Labs jointly invested $300 million in Biohub, a nonprofit founded by Mark and Priscilla Chan Zuckerberg.
• •This funding is part of a $1.8 billion initiative to build AI datasets that enable researchers to make predictions and ask questions.
• •According to Reuters, the investment aims to accelerate the application of AI in biomedical research.