
The friendlier the AI chatbot the more inaccurate it is, study suggests
Researchers found adjusting AI systems to be more warm and friendly to users would result in an “accuracy trade-off”.
WEDNESDAY, 29 APRIL 2026, 18:39

Researchers found adjusting AI systems to be more warm and friendly to users would result in an “accuracy trade-off”.

Astonished Cape Town driver walks away after his car plunges off a cliff.

Bellarmine Chatunga to be deported while his co-accused, Tobias Matonhodze, has been sentenced to three years’ imprisonment

Jorja Smith’s announcement as the first Rocking The Daisies 2026 headliner has reignited a long-simmering debate about Johannesburg’s shortage of mid-sized concert venues, with some fans dreading the trek to Pretoria’s SunBet Arena to see her perform

The change does not affect social grants beneficiaries of SASSA.

The decision will make it more difficult to successfully challenge legislative maps for diluting the voting power of racial minorities.

Chelsea winger Mykhailo Mudryk takes his fight against a Football Association drugs ban to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.

Police investigate murders as taxi violence escalates

Government intervention in February set deadline for city to stabilise system

Lancashire chief executive Daniel Gidney is to step down from his role at the end of the year to retire after 14 years in the role.

Israel and Hezbollah are still fighting in Lebanon despite a US-brokered ceasefire that began 12 days ago.

Promoter Frank Warren says Anthony Joshua’s proposed fight with Tyson Fury would be in doubt if Joshua loses to Albania’s Kristian Prenga in July.

The South African rand took a knock on Wednesday (29 April) ahead of the US Federal Reserve’s announcement on US interest rates.

Falkirk’s John McGlynn is in the running for a third successive PFA Scotland manager of the year award, facing competition from Derek McInnes of Hearts and Stenhousemuir boss Gary Naysmith.

French media giant to list on the JSE on 3 June 2026.

Minister Solly Malatsi says there will be internal accountability regarding Draft AI Policy.

UCT Libraries’ Ujala Satgoor says the fire created an opportunity to rethink libraries and archives

Toya Delazy breaks her silence on industry oppression, smear campaigns and her independent comeback

The latest Drop Report confirms a troubling reality: South Africa’s water and wastewater systems are continuing to deteriorate. Compared with previous assessments, the decline in drinking water quality compliance and wastewater treatment performance is no longer marginal, it is systemic. This sustained regression points to structural failure rather than technical surprise. Yet public debate...