ChatGPT, Claude, Grok, and Gemini experience outages in South Africa
South Africans experienced challenges using Anthropic’s Claude, Google Gemini, OpenAI’s ChatGPT, and X’s Grok on Thursday, 3 September 2026.
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South African companies have bigger concerns than getting attacked by a rogue AI
Cybersecurity expert Dimitri Fousekis discussed the risk that a rogue AI may one day attack a South African organisation.
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ChatGPT creator considers delaying initial public offering
OpenAI is considering an initial public offering as soon as in 2027, according to people familiar with the matter, a timeline that would potentially see it go public after its artificial intelligence rival Anthropic PBC.
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AI | Anthropic | Claude | Dario Amodei | Howard Lutnick | Mythos 5
Powerful AI model banned by the United States to come back online
Anthropic PBC won US approval to restore some access to its powerful Mythos 5 artificial intelligence model, after resolving Trump administration concerns about the technology’s potential threats to national security.
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Naspers launches free, Anthropic-powered AI for South African businesses
Naspers-owned Prosus has launched ToqanClaw, an OpenClaw inspired free to use AI platform for businesses in South Africa.
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AI agents | AI funds | Anthropic | Attentia Fund | Radio | RSG Geldsake
I wish I could press AI’s ‘delete’ button – Wierzycka
Sygnia’s Magda Wierzycka looks into an AI world with health and scientific breakthroughs, productivity increases, but also a concentration of wealth and power, job displacements, and ‘blunt, uneducated, and stupid’ children.
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Anthropic boosts Zoom share price
Zoom Communications shares surged as much as 18% after the company projected stronger-than-anticipated sales growth and said that customers are paying for its expanded suite of office products.
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Apple’s most powerful Mac protection cracked in one week
A small team of researchers used Anthropic’s Mythos to crack the most powerful security protection on macOS in a week.
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AI | Anthropic | bitcoin | Claude | cryptocurrency | cybersecurity
Man unlocks R6.5 million after AI recovers Bitcoin password lost 11 years ago
A user said that Claude AI helped recover the lost password to his R6.5 million Bitcoin wallet he was locked out of for 11 years.
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AI | Amazon Web Services | Anthropic | Apple | Bank robbery | Cisco
Why the world’s banks are so worried about Anthropic’s latest AI model
Anthropic’s restricted “Mythos” model exposes critical vulnerabilities, raising fears of AI-powered cyberattacks on legacy banking systems.