RC 260811Power FMKwena Moabelo
Tuesday, 11 August 2026
Power Lunch mixed a sharp AI fact-checking warning with a long relationship debate on whether anyone should forgive cheating, plus the day’s jobless and court headlines.
- 14:14
Johan Stein warned that AI often sounds confident while being wrong, estimating 10% to 20% of citations can be fabricated; he urged users to verify sources and use AI for summaries, not primary research.
- 14:29
Universities and courts are already wrestling with AI misuse: Stein said judges have been caught out by fake citations, and some universities are shifting back toward oral exams to test whether students actually understand their work.
- 14:44
The episode’s last-hour debate centred on infidelity, after a married woman’s affair went viral; the strongest line was that nobody should “beg a zilla” — if trust is broken, leave rather than excuse it.
- 14:02
Earlier news bulletins led with South Africa’s unemployment rate rising to 33.6%, alongside 14 suspected illegal miners dying in a Rustenburg mine rockfall and the Usindiso building murder trial being pushed to Wednesday.