Iran Threatens "Complete And Utter Annihilation" Of OpenAI's $30BN Stargate Data Center In Abu Dhabi

India's Power Demand Hits Record High As Heat Drives Coal Use Submitted by Irina Slav of OilPrice.com India’s power generation rose to a new all-time high amid hot weather that drove air-conditioning demand up, with thermal generation, most of its coming from coal power plants, covering 62% of demand. Power demand on Thursday hit 271 GW, on the “fourth consecutive day when the peak power demand (solar hours) reached a new all-time high,” India’s power ministry said, as quoted by AFP. After milder temperatures tempered demand growth in the fiscal year to March...

"The Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR) proclaimed that “the current violent death toll” in Gaza likely exceeded 100,000..."

US Agencies Accuse China-Based AI Firms Of 'Malicious' Copying Of American Models Federal cybersecurity and intelligence agencies on Tuesday accused six China-based artificial intelligence companies of running industrial-scale campaigns to extract proprietary features from leading U.S. models. DeepSeek, Moonshot AI, Alibaba, MiniMax, StepFun, and Z.AI were all named in the joint advisory. Officials alleged the companies, "likely with Chinese government awareness," pulled billions of tokens across millions of requests from U.S. AI systems. The list included variants of Claude, GPT, Gemini, and Grok. The activity dates back to at least late 2024. Cybersecurity...