AGP Executive Report
Last update: 5 hours agoBRICS Summit (New Delhi): South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa pushed for an international mechanism to independently assess frontier AI, warning that model power must not outstrip human control, as BRICS leaders adopted the New Delhi Declaration after last-minute wording compromises over Middle East language. Trade & finance: The declaration backs restraint in the region, opposes forced displacement, supports a two-state approach on 1967 borders, calls for UN and global financial reforms, and urges more trade settled in local currencies while rejecting unilateral sanctions and foreign tariffs. AI governance: Ramaphosa said AI could boost productivity and services like medicine and education, but governments must heed developers’ warnings on cyber risk, mass surveillance, biological weapons assistance and job disruption. Local crime (Cape Town): Police arrested five suspects, including two women, over the alleged kidnapping and rape of a 25-year-old e-hailing driver, with ransom demands of R4,000. Business & jobs (SA auto): A report flags growing pressure on Johannesburg’s “motor city” economy as factory strain and imports fuel unemployment and even targeting of severance payouts by criminals.
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