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How to use AI on a South African budget — and which “opportunities” to run from
AI can write a CV, draft a business plan and eat boring admin. It can also invent a grant status and sell you a fake job. These guides stay on what works here, on a local data plan, with the scams named.
Two standing rules: verify anything an AI tells you about money, law or government against official sources. Never share your ID number, banking details or passwords with an AI tool.
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