🛰️ Google is taking AI to space

Good morning, AI enthusiast. Google just announced Project Suncatcher, a wild plan to launch AI data centers into orbit, powered entirely by solar energy.

In today’s AI newsletter:

• Google’s project suncatcher takes AI off-earth

• Tencent & Tsinghua unveil CALM, AI that thinks in ideas, not words

• Anthropic projects $70B in revenue by 2028

• How to generate full research reports with citations in minutes

• AI tools & more

AI NEWS

🌞 Google’s Project Suncatcher Takes AI Off-Earth

Google Research unveiled Project Suncatcher, an ambitious plan to deploy constellations of solar-powered satellites equipped with TPUs and linked through ultra-fast optical communication. The goal: harness endless solar energy and escape Earth’s power limitations for AI training.

• Space-based data centers could run on continuous, clean solar power—up to 8x more efficient than Earth-based systems

• Satellites communicate via optical links supporting tens of terabits per second

• Google’s Trillium TPUs passed radiation resistance tests for 5-year missions

• Prototype launch with Planet planned for 2027

AI compute demand is exploding, and energy use with it. By moving data centers off-planet, Google hopes to unlock a near-unlimited source of clean power and redefine how AI is scaled.

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AI BREAKTHROUGH

🧠 Tencent & Tsinghua Unveil CALM, AI That Thinks in Ideas, Not Words

Tencent and Tsinghua University just unveiled CALM (Continuous Autoregressive Language Models), a radical new AI framework that replaces the “next-token” prediction paradigm used by every LLM today. Instead of generating one word at a time, CALM predicts continuous vectors that represent entire ideas, letting the model think conceptually rather than linguistically.

• 4× fewer prediction steps (each vector ≈ 4 tokens)

• 44% less training compute

• Continuous reasoning, no discrete vocabulary

• Introduces BrierLM, a new metric replacing perplexity

• Uses an energy-based transformer, no softmax, no token sampling

This could mark the beginning of the end for traditional token-based models like GPT and Gemini. CALM doesn’t “speak” in words, it streams thoughts. If it scales, it could make today’s LLMs look like relics of the Morse code era.

AI ECONOMY

💰 Anthropic Projects $70B in Revenue by 2028

Anthropic is forecasting massive growth, projecting $70 billion in revenue and $17 billion in cash flow by 2028, according to The Information. The surge is powered by rapid enterprise adoption of its AI products and partnerships.

• $9B ARR by end of 2025, targeting $20–26B ARR in 2026

• Key deals with Microsoft, Salesforce, Deloitte, and Cognizant

• Smaller, efficient models like Claude Sonnet 4.5 and Haiku 4.5 optimized for businesses

• Gross margins projected to rise from -94% (2024) to 77% (2028)

• Raised $13B in September at a $170B valuation, eyeing $300–400B next

Anthropic is positioning itself as the most financially disciplined AI powerhouse, outpacing OpenAI in B2B growth. While OpenAI bets on consumer scale, Anthropic is quietly building the AI infrastructure of global enterprises.

HOW TO AI

💻 How to Generate Full Research Reports with Citations in Minutes

In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to create in-depth, citation-backed research reports and collaborate with AI in real time to organize your findings into structured, publication-ready documents.

🧰 Who is This For

• Students and researchers writing detailed academic reports

• Journalists or analysts doing topic deep dives

• Founders and strategists exploring new industries

• Anyone who wants well-cited, high-quality research fast

STEP 1: Generate a Research Report

Go to STORM and sign in with your account. Once logged in, you’ll see a clean dashboard with a dropdown menu at the top labeled “STORM.”

This is where you can switch between:

• STORM: for full-length research reports

• Co-STORM: for real-time collaboration with the AI

STEP 2: Generate a Research Report

In STORM mode, you’ll see a text box that says “Enter a topic”

Type in your research query, for example: “Smart agriculture practices”

Hit Enter, and STORM will begin scanning academic databases, trusted web sources, and papers.

Within minutes, you’ll get a well-structured research report with:

• A clear table of contents

• Sectioned summaries for each subtopic

• Citations and references for every claim

• A downloadable PDF option

STEP 3: Collaborate in Co-STORM

Smart agriculture practicesSwitch to Co-STORM mode from the dropdown.

Here, you can chat with the AI as it researches. Ask things like:

• “Add a section comparing AI regulations in the US and EU.”

• “Show me a visual breakdown of research sources.”

Co-STORM will then generate a real-time mind map, visually organizing your research by topic, subtopic, and supporting evidence.

You can even click on nodes to expand sections, edit summaries, or request deeper insights on specific points.

STEP 4: Export or Continue Research

Once you’re happy with the content, click “PDF” icon at the bottom right corner, to download a PDF or continue refining your research live in Co-STORM.

The mind map and report remain saved in your workspace, so you can return anytime and build upon it.

Perplexity AI accuses Amazon of “bullying” after receiving “an aggressive legal threat” demanding Comet not make purchases on users' behalf.

Microsoft’s first in-house AI image generator, MAI-Image-1, is now available in two products, Bing Image Creator and Copilot Audio Expressions.

OpenAI launches its Sora app on Android, including in the US, Canada, and Japan; the app reached 1M+ downloads in the five days after its September iOS launch.

WhatsApp launches an Apple Watch app that lets users get call notifications, read full messages, and record and send voice messages.

⚙️ Composer: Cursor’s new fast AI coding model

🎨 Creative OS: Canva’s new AI-powered visual suite

💡 Perplexity Patents: AI-powered patent search inside Perplexity

🖼️ MAI-Image-1: Microsoft’s first in-house text-to-image model

THAT’S IT FOR TODAY

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- Dr. Alvaro Cintas