There's new evidence that the Iran war is boosting global clean energy uptake, Axios' Ben Geman reports.

🇨🇳 China's solar exports soared in March, per think tank Ember and energy research firm BloombergNEF.

🇰🇷 South Korea's domestic EV sales more than doubled last month year over year, Bloomberg reports. Solar panel imports were up nearly 140%.

🇪🇺 March EV sales also surged in the EU, with larger year over year growth than in either of the prior two months.

• European leaders say they're going to get even more aggressive on electrification.

Reality check: Solar and EVs were already growing fast in many places, making it tough to suss out the war's true impact.

• Coal is also rising in some places, like South Korea.

🛢️ Some countries are sticking with oil and gas, but importing it from regions outside the Gulf.

• Norway is reopening North Sea gas fields, while U.S. oil and petroleum exports have surged amid the war.

The bottom line: Tatiana Mitrova, a fellow at Columbia's Center on Global Energy Policy, tells Axios that it's "still too early to say that the Iran war is clearly accelerating the whole transition."

• "But there are already concrete signs that it's making solar, storage and electrification-related choices more attractive through an energy-security lens."

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AI is helping turn real doctors into the unwitting stars of deepfake videos that hawk questionable products or spread misinformation, Axios' Tina Reed reports.

• American Medical Association CEO John Whyte tells Axios: "It's becoming more mainstream. Everyone knows someone who this has impacted."

💊 CNN's Sanjay Gupta says that fake videos using his likeness to promote items like a breakthrough Alzheimer's cure have even deceived people who know him personally.

• Gupta said on a recent podcast: "What was different this time around was just the quality of these ads."
• "This was really quite stunning."

The AMA is pushing for a crackdown against deepfake creators, plus new rules forcing tech platforms to more quickly remove impersonations.

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Tickets for Chicago's new Obama Presidential Center Museum went on sale today amid huge expected demand.

• As of this morning, admission was available for the June 19 opening day through Nov. 30.

🏛️ Obama Foundation CEO Valerie Jarrett, in a statement: "The Museum allows visitors to explore the history and impact of the Obama presidency, while the broader campus in Jackson Park creates a place where the community can gather, learn and imagine what's possible next."

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