The Intelligence: Congo’s election
The Intelligence from The Economist
The Economist
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🗓️ 19 December 2023
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
After a dubious win in 2018, Felix Tshisekedi is running for office again in the Democratic Republic of Congo – and an incumbency bias could work in his favour. Is there any hope for a fair election? 2023 has brought a flurry of news on the developments of artificial intelligence, so let’s take stock (13:45). And, why New York is introducing a congestion charge (21:50).
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| 0:56.4 | You probably remember that our word of 2023 was chat gPT, |
| 1:00.8 | rolls off the tongue a little more easily than generative AI, of which CHATGPT is just one example. |
| 1:07.6 | We take a look at where the field is after a year of explosive growth and what 2024 my whole. |
| 1:15.0 | And London's got one, Stockholm's got one, Singapore too. |
| 1:20.0 | And soon, after decades of wrangling, New York City will have one. |
| 1:24.8 | We look at how a planned new congestion charge might mitigate Manhattan's |
| 1:29.6 | legendary traffic tangles. |
| 1:31.6 | But first. On paper, the Democratic Republic of Congo has plenty going for it. |
| 1:50.0 | It's four times the size of France, stretching all the way from Africa's west coast to its centre. |
| 1:55.1 | It has a youthful population of 100 million. |
| 1:58.2 | There's a wealth of the minerals most needed for the world's transition to green energy. |
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