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Why was Elon Musk’s AI chatbot Grok preoccupied with South Africa’s racial politics?
Much like its creator, Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence chatbot Grok was preoccupied with South African racial politics on ...
Explainer: Third time lucky? South Africa needs to plug $4.1 billion budget hole
Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana returns to parliament on May 21 for a third try at passing South Africa's budget, after ...
South Africa Does Not Plan to Replace US HIV Funds Yet, Minister Says
PRETORIA (Reuters) -South Africa's Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi said on Thursday that the government had not secured any ...
South Africa says Trump’s aid cuts stripped more than 8,000 health workers from its HIV program
The Trump administration’s dismantling of USAID has put more than 8,000 health workers in South Africa’s national HIV program ...
Former South Africa winger Hendricks dies aged 37
Former South Africa international Cornal Hendricks has died aged 37 after suffering a heart attack. Hendricks, who scored ...
Elon Musk’s AI says it was ‘instructed by my creators at xAI’ to accept the narrative of ‘white genocide’ in South Africa
"This directive caused me to inappropriately insert references to 'white genocide' into unrelated conversations," Grok told ...
South African rand gains on hopes of change to inflation target range
South Africa's rand firmed on Thursday, after a deputy finance minister indicated that a lower inflation target could be ...
Sam Altman mocks Grok for inserting mentions of 'white genocide in South Africa' in unrelated X posts
Elon Musk's X platform has faced backlash after its AI chatbot kept bringing up "white genocide."Sam Altman joined in and ...