Tens of thousands of people have been paid by a company part-owned by Meta to train AI by combing Instagram accounts, harvesting copyrighted work and transcribing pornographic soundtracks, The Guardian has revealed. Scale AI, 49%-controlled by Mark Zuckerberg’s social media empire ... Read More
An alleged illegal call centre operating from an upmarket property in Umhlanga, Durban, has been shut down following a police raid linked to a multimillion-rand banking scam. The operation, stemming from a months-long intelligence-driven investigation, saw a large contingent of ... Read More
Communications Minister Solly Malatsi has gazetted SA’s draft national AI policy for public comment, opening a 60-day window for submissions on an 86-page document that proposes a sweeping new institutional architecture – including seven new oversight bodies – to govern the ... Read More
The Presidency has told Elon Musk he can ‘move on’ after he claimed Starlink was offered multiple opportunities to bribe its way into SA. Musk also launched a keyboard offensive against race-based laws in the country. Since Sunday, Musk has ... Read More
In 2026, its easy to see why generative AI is bad. The internet has nicknamed its excretions ‘slop’. The CEOs of AI companies prance about on stage like supervillains, bragging that their products will eliminate vast swathes of work. Generative ... Read More
* A Harrismith woman, Anastatia Radebe, is demanding a full refund from Standard Bank after nearly R60 000 was allegedly siphoned from her account. She rejected the bank's R16 000 ‘goodwill’ offer, claiming the funds disappeared in January due to ... Read More
* China’s top sports authority said last week it was investigating ‘malicious’ online attacks against teenage diving sensation Quan Hongchan. The three-time Olympic gold medallist (19) revealed that she had considered retiring after intense scrutiny over her weight. ‘Recently cyberbullying, malicious ... Read More
* The Electoral Commission of SA (IEC) has called on citizens to use its online voter self-registration portal to register as new voters or update their details on the voters’ roll for the 2026 local government elections, to ensure they are ... Read More
