Google has a prototype in orbit. A federal appeals court has paused Minnesota's AI nudification ban. Anthropic is putting $100 million into training engineers. Meta is opening its Muse hardware to developers.
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Google Project Suncatcher prototype is in orbit
Google Research says the Project Suncatcher prototype launched on SpaceX Transporter-18 with Planet.1 It has confirmed contact.1 The team says it is operating as expected.1 It will measure how TPUs handle radiation and thermal stress in orbit.1 The post frames it as a first step toward scalable machine learning infrastructure in space.1
xAI gets a stay on Minnesota's AI nudification ban
The 8th Circuit paused Minnesota's HF 1606 ban on AI generated fake nudes while xAI's First Amendment challenge proceeds.2 A district judge had denied a pause last month.2 Crypto Briefing notes the law carries a $500,000 penalty per occurrence.3 The stay is procedural, not a merits win.3
Anthropic launches Claude Frontier Academy
Anthropic announced a $100 million commitment to train 10,000 Frontier Deployed Engineers by the end of 2027.4 The program aims to teach enterprise deployment skills to the standard of Anthropic's own engineers.4 First cohorts include Accenture, Bain, Capgemini, Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Deloitte, McKinsey, Morgan Stanley, Novo Nordisk and others.4
Meta opens Muse Gadgets for custom hardware
Meta released open source firmware and a Linux SDK so developers can build their own Muse hardware.5 Example projects include e-ink displays, HDMI sticks, Raspberry Pi and ESP32 builds.5 The company is giving away 5,000 USB-C Home Link devices to Muse subscribers while supplies last.5
