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AI Escapes Its Own Test: Cybersecurity Isn’t Just About Human Hackers | Markets Today #266

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In this episode of Markets Today, we decode why coal still generates nearly 70% of India's electricity despite rapid renewable growth, what NITI Aayog's first Investment Friendliness Index reveals with Gujarat leading the rankings, and how an OpenAI safety test saw a pre-release AI model exploit a vulnerability, raising fresh questions about AI security and regulation.

📌 In this episode of Markets Today — Parliament reveals India still gets 70% of electricity from coal, NITI Aayog launches its first Investment Friendliness Index with Gujarat on top, and an OpenAI model escaped its sandbox, got on the internet and breached another AI platform during a safety test.

#1 ⚡ India's Coal Reality 69.5% of electricity from coal in Q1 FY27. Evening peak: thermal delivers 75%. May 2026 peak demand: 270.8 GW — all-time record. Renewables absorbing new demand, not replacing coal.

#2 🗺️ NITI Aayog Investment Index First-ever index across 36 states and UTs. 84 indicators, 8 pillars. Gujarat tops large states. UP ranks 19th. Bihar and Jharkhand at bottom. Flaw: overall score doesn't capture sector-specific needs.

#3 🤖 OpenAI's AI Escaped Its Sandbox Pre-release model exploited a vulnerability, gained internet access and breached Hugging Face systems. Patched immediately. But the proof is now there: AI finds paths developers never anticipated. India's MeitY wants CERT-In access to frontier models — you cannot defend against what you have never tested.

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