BN Daybreak: Google DeepMind Shakeup; Joburg Election Poll; Expropriation; Uber Update

Google appoints Turkish engineer as AI division senior vice president

Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai announces Koray Kavukcuoglu, ‘world-renowned expert’ and chief AI architect, as senior vice president of Google DeepMind

DeepMind to be led by Turk as Google shakes up AI division

Turkish-born Koray Kavukçuoğlu, a long-term Google tech executive and artificial intelligence researcher, will assume a leading role at the tech giant's DeepMind division, tak...

BN Daybreak: Google DeepMind shakeup; Joburg election poll; Expropriation; Uber update

Listen hereToday’s episode covers Google's AI leadership shakeup, vishing cyberattacks targeting major Wall Street hedge funds and Meta’s AI testing breach. Locally, Jacob Zuma appoints his son Duduzane as MKP deputy president while Ramaphosa holds back an interim commission report. Plus, SRF polling reveals the ANC collapsing in Johannesburg, Kallie Kriel dives into property rights warnings over expropriation, SanDisk’s revenue forecast, and Ub…

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New poll puts DA at 42% in Joburg as ANC crashes to 18% - Inside Politics

By Johnathan Paoli The ANC has fallen to 18% support in Johannesburg while the DA holds a commanding lead on 42%, according to new polling conducted ahead of South Africa’s local government elections on 4 November. The Johannesburg survey covered 504 registered voters between 8 and 31 July and was conducted by Victory Research in conjunction with The Common Sense and the Social Research Foundation (SRF). The metro results carry a stated margin o…