☕️ AI Hits Orbit, Agents Gain Awareness & Retail Reinvents Itself

Google plans orbital AI-data centres, Anthropic’s Claude shows glimmers of self-awareness, Walmart doubles down on AI for all jobs, and the race for infrastructure and agency continues to heat up.

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Google launches Project Suncatcher — AI data centres in our orbit

Google today announced “Project Suncatcher,” a moon-shot initiative to deploy solar-powered AI compute systems in orbit, capturing near-constant sun-light and leveraging the vacuum of space for cooling. The goal: launch prototype satellites by 2027 carrying Google's custom TPUs, operate outside Earth’s grid, and create a new paradigm for AI infrastructure.

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Key takeaway: Google isn’t just building bigger data-centres — it’s leaving Earth to power the AI future.

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Anthropic’s Claude shows self-reflection

Anthropic’s new research on Claude 4 and 4.1 suggests these models can sometimes notice changes in their own internal activations. Using a technique called concept injection, researchers “planted” patterns corresponding to concepts like “ALL CAPS” into Claude’s hidden layers and then asked if anything felt off. Roughly 20% of the time, Claude correctly described the injected concept before it appeared in the prompt—hinting at a primitive form of introspection rather than simple role-play.

Google plans AI data centre on Christmas Island

Google plans to build a large AI datacentre on Australia’s remote Indian Ocean outpost of Christmas Island after signing a cloud deal with the Department of Defence earlier this year, according to documents reviewed by Reuters and interviews with officials.

Walmart says AI will change every job

Walmart CEO Doug McMillon says “every job is going to change in some way” as the retailer rolls out AI across its operations—impacting more than 2.1 million employees globally. The company is tying this to a major reskilling push through Walmart Academies, plus partnerships (including with OpenAI) to embed AI into logistics, store operations, and corporate workflows.

Space-based AI compute ramps up

Crusoe, an "AI factory company" specializing in clean energy infrastructure, will become the first public cloud operator in space by deploying its Crusoe Cloud platform on a later Starcloud satellite, scheduled for launch in late 2026.

Generative AI content-creation raises ignite

Quickads raises $1.7 million for a generative-AI ad/content platform, showing investor appetite remains strong in niche creativity tools.

What’s up with Anthropic predicting AGI by early 2027? (4-min read)

This piece breaks down Anthropic’s bold claim that AGI could arrive as soon as early 2027—how they’re defining AGI, what milestones they’re watching, and what it might mean for everyone else in the ecosystem if they’re even half right. It’s a fascinating mix of optimism, risk, and “are we really this close?” energy.

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