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Why Elon Musk and Sam Altman are fighting over OpenAI
Musk, who co-founded the company that created ChatGPT with Altman, wants more than $130 billion in damages in a lawsuit that could shakeup the artificial intelligence landscape.
MONDAY, 27 APRIL 2026, 16:42

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Musk, who co-founded the company that created ChatGPT with Altman, wants more than $130 billion in damages in a lawsuit that could shakeup the artificial intelligence landscape.
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To suggest that a call for peace makes one complicit in bloodshed must be denounced by any person of faith who values the truth, and while Goldstein is entitled to disagree with the pope’s approach, he should be cautious not to misrepresent it.

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Next season, leagues will be allowed to select from a series of trials to try to stop the goalkeeper tactical time-out. BBC Sport looks at the proposals.

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She paid R125 000 in total to five boxers who won their bouts by knockouts.She had made it clear, though, that any boxer who won their fight in the first round would walk away with R30 000 and that amount will be reduced as every fight progressed.

South Africa
Local councilor Sthembiso Hlatshwayo says violent crime has become a weekly occurrence

South Africa
McKenzie handed over a multipurpose sport facility, attire and sporting equipment to two schools
South Africa
Government strengthening criminal justice system and rooting out corruption
President Cyril Ramaphosa says government is reforming and strengthening the criminal justice system, rooting out corruption and building a police service and a prosecuting authority in which people can have trust and confidence.
“We call on all South Africans to be part of this work, to build communities,...

South Africa
The National Artificial Intelligence Policy was found to contain fictitious academic references.

World
Meta said Monday that the transaction “complied fully with applicable law” and that it anticipates “an appropriate resolution to the inquiry.”

World
The suspect in the White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooting incident is set to appear in federal court today. And, King Charles III and Queen Camilla arrive in Washington today for a state visit.

World
Ethnic Tuareg fighters say they are in control of Kidal following a weekend of nationwide attacks, alongside Islamist groups

World
Officials say a rebel leader known as “Marlon” ordered the attack in which 20 people were killed.

Africa
Clashes resumed in Kidal following coordinated attacks across Mali by armed groups on Saturday.

Africa
The activist has condemned France’s influence in West Africa and been accused of being a “Russian mouthpiece”.

Africa
Piracy, once notorious in this stretch of the Indian Ocean, has made a comeback in recent years.

Africa
Michael Eneramo, who won 10 caps for the Super Eagles, dies aged 40 after suffering a suspected cardiac arrest during a friendly game.

Business
South Africa loses R5.3 billion every year to telecommunications fraud, with nearly 60% of that linked to mobile banking fraud driven by SIM swaps.

Business
An old 1930s power station has been turned into the 5-star hotel and spa in South Africa.

Business
Geordin Hill-Lewis, the mayor of Cape Town, was elected as the new Federal Leader of South Africa’s second-biggest political party, the Democratic Alliance (DA), on 12 April 2025, succeeding John Steenhuisen.
Business

Politics
Ohlange is where the founding president of the ANC, John Langalibalele Dube, is buried

Politics
Speaking at Freedom Day commemorations, Ramaphosa called on citizens to respect the rule of law.

Politics
IFP Gauteng chairperson says that citizens must vote for parties that will be able to restore hope.

Politics
Ramaphosa says Freedom Day is not only about the past, but also about building the future.

Sport
Real Madrid striker Kylian Mbappe is a doubt for the El Clasico against rivals Barcelona next month because of a hamstring injury.

Sport
The Manchester ice hockey team will start next season in the AO Arena after more than two decades away.

Sport
Newcastle have lost their past five games in all competitions and are eight points clear of the Premier League bottom three.

Sport
Gillingham and former Wales striker Sam Vokes is retiring after a career that spanned two decades and included 64 international caps.
Education
[New Era] Opuwo — A total of 49 pre-primary teachers from the Epupa circuit, comprising six males and 43 females, graduated at Opuwo recently, after completing a 10-month training programme under the School Readiness Initiative (SRI) project.
Education
[New Era] The Minister of Education, Innovation, Youth, Sports, Arts and Culture, Sanet Steenkamp, has responded to concerns raised by teachers following the reduction and in some cases removal of bush (remoteness and hardship) allowances.
Education
[Premium Times] Under the new policy, only textbooks ranked and approved through a national evaluation process will be permitted in schools.
Education
[Liberian Investigator] The Sports and Extra-Curricular Department of the Monrovia Consolidated School System (MCSS) has honored Hon. Luke L. Bawo, Managing Director of the Liberia Medicines and Health Products Regulatory Authority (LMHRA), with an Award of Appreciation in recognition of his institution’s outstanding support to student development initiatives.
Lifestyle

Lifestyle
Social media users slammed radio personality and podcaster DJ Speedsta for pulling his girlfriend, Shamiso Mosaka, at the Metro FM Awards.

Lifestyle
Brother and sister-in-law Stanley Tucci and Emily Blunt are getting honoured with their stars in the same day.

Lifestyle
Here’s what to anticipate for the upcoming SASSA Workers’ Day long weekend, following agency’s Easter payment debacle …

Entertainment
A case of culpable homicide was opened with the Jeffreys Bay Saps.

Entertainment
Despite it being this writer’s first time on gravel, and a rally that threw up some mechanical challenges, we finished and banked valuable points in the championship.

Entertainment
Even two wins from their last home games will act as little consolation for a side not meeting its incredible potential.

Entertainment
The mischief offence carries a punishment of up to two years in jail on conviction and a fine
Science/Tech
Oakland, Calif., where Elon Musk’s trial against OpenAI and its chief executive, Sam Altman, starts on Monday, is not exactly known as a hub of the tech industry.

Science/Tech
David Silver has a new billion-dollar company that aims to build AI “superlearners.”
Science/Tech
Microsoft, OpenAI’s biggest financial partner, will to continue to license the start-up’s technology but will no longer be its exclusive licensee.

Science/Tech
Industry warns national treasury’s biggest exchange-control rewrite in 60 years could undo South Africa’s hard-won crypto gains.

Motoring
Millions in eBucks were spent on fuel in South Africa over the past twelve months.

Motoring
Hijackers in South Africa are now more active early in the week.

Motoring
Motorists are paying substantially more to refuel their cars than they were only a few months ago.

Motoring
South Africa’s Civil Aviation Authority has cancelled the Vereeniging Airport’s licence.
Health
Before the rise of GLP-1s, obesity experts didn’t study the internal buzz that compels people to eat. Now that food noise is being switched off, they want to understand it.
Health
A new therapy has the potential to cure hundreds of diseases — and even reverse aging.
Health
Fatimah Shepherd’s kidneys were compromised, and pregnancy could send her into kidney failure.

Health
A tribunal hearing criticised Janette Donnelly’s use of force at Millport Care Centre was “unnecessary”.