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 "name": "A large language model on the International Space Station",
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 "operator": "Hewlett Packard Enterprise",
 "developer": "Booz Allen Hamilton",
 "host": "HPE Spaceborne Computer-2, International Space Station",
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 "dates": {
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  "ran": "by August 2024",
  "reported": "2024-08-01",
  "ended": null
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 "hardware": "HPE Spaceborne Computer-2",
 "software": "A generative large language model with retrieval; not named",
 "did": "Answered queries from documents held on board, without a link to Earth.",
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 "notes": "Two parties state this, the developer and the operator of the host computer. It is not counted as confirmed, because the host operator presents the deployment as its own and sells the computer.",
 "changed": "Booz Allen's release, which could not be opened before, was read from an archive capture. The mark is unchanged.",
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