Pulse on AI: Orbital Datacenters, Stable Lasso, and AI That Predicts Hurricanes

Today’s episode spans enterprise, research, infrastructure, and society: Orbia’s new Pune IT hub to drive global digital transformation; a stability-boosted Lasso using correlation-aware weights; NVIDIA and Qualcomm joining an India deep‑tech coalition aligned with India’s ₹1T RDI scheme; DeepMind’s hurricane model outperforming on track and intensity; Google’s ambitious orbital TPU datacenters and the engineering tradeoffs; public attitudes on AI in politics—support for assistance, not delegation; Mukuru and JUMO’s AI-powered microloans for South African users; the shift from sales heroics to unified systems; Coca‑Cola’s AI holiday ad and why generative video still struggles; why accountability, not just capability, defines AI’s future; Adobe’s AI expansion across Photoshop, Lightroom, and Firefly; Skyfall‑GS turning satellite imagery into walkable 3D cities; and how AI adoption challenges entry-level IT roles—plus practical ways to adapt. Three takeaways: accountability multiplies capability, human‑in‑the‑loop wins, and talent plus tools beats tools alone.

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• Orbia Opens New IT Hub in Pune to Drive Global Digital Transformation
• Google’s new hurricane model was breathtakingly good this season
• A Stable Lasso
• Coca-Cola’s new AI-generated Christmas ad shows why generative video still struggles with realism
• Google imagines out of this world AI - running on orbital datacenters
• Mukuru users to get instant loans after JUMO partnership
• NVIDIA, Qualcomm join U.S., Indian VCs to help build India’s next deep tech startups
• Skyfall-GS turns satellite images into walkable 3D cities
• Is it ok for politicians to use AI? Survey shows where the public draws the line
• Why the future of AI belongs to accountability not just capability
• KI-Einsatz: Für IT-Berufseinsteiger wird es kritisch
• Mehr KI in Lightroom und Photoshop, Insta360 Air – Fotonews der Woche 44/2025
• Stephen King escribió esta novela como un giro en su carrera. Resultó ser una "maldición": nunca ha podido ser adaptada al cine
• 'Sales heroics' won't save you: How to build scalable, repeatable systems instead