The Intelligence: A former general, elected in Indonesia
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4.3 • 5K Ratings
🗓️ 15 February 2024
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
Prabowo Subianto stormed to victory in the world’s largest single-day election. But critics say his presidency could jeopardise two decades of democratic progress. Nvidia has dominated the global market for AI accelerator chips for years. Could a company about a third of its size come for its crown (10:51)? And, more people are tuning in to watch people get slapped (19:20).
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| 1:06.0 | Hello and welcome to the intelligence from The Economist. I'm Jason Palmer. |
| 1:11.6 | And I'm Aure Ogunbe. Every weekday, we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world. |
| 1:18.6 | There's a particular kind of computer chip that's the darling of data center bosses, |
| 1:25.6 | AI researchers, and investors. They're called GPUs. |
| 1:30.1 | We look at a new offering from the firm AMD, which is aiming to split what's become more or less |
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| 1:59.0 | But first. Indonesia, one of the world's largest democracies appears to have elected a new leader. |
| 2:18.1 | Praboro Subiorettar, Boretti, So, your people that are very that are very who are very |
| 2:18.2 | unci. |
| 2:20.3 | Praboro Subianto, |
| 2:21.7 | a former general |
| 2:22.7 | and Indonesia's |
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