South African author uses AI to generate 370 novels and makes R16 million

South African author uses AI to generate 370 novels and makes R16 million

South African author and PlotProse founder Coral Hart has written over 370 books since February 2025 by pairing custom prompt engineering with artificial intelligence models. The strategic turn to generative AI began as an experiment after a major publisher cancelled her traditional ghost-writing contracts in favour of automated tools. Read: Anthropic files for historic Nasdaq…

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Rand breaks through R16/$ – and may have further to run

Rand breaks through R16/$ – and may have further to run

The commodity-linked rand strengthened on Monday morning, touching R15.99/US$ thanks to record gold prices, while traders awaited the central bank’s first rate-setting meeting this year. The rand briefly moved stronger than the R16 mark at 10.40am SAST. It then retreated slightly and was last quoted at 11.24am at R16.03/$. These are the currency’s strongest levels…

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