The Intelligence: Congo’s election
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4.3 • 5K Ratings
🗓️ 19 December 2023
⏱️ 31 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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| 1:03.0 | The Economist. |
| 1:10.2 | Hello and welcome to the intelligence from The Economist. |
| 1:13.4 | I'm Jason Palmer. |
| 1:14.8 | And I'm O'Augnbee. |
| 1:16.7 | Every weekday, we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world. |
| 1:23.6 | You probably remember that our word of 2023 was chat GPT, rolls off the tongue a little more easily than generative AI, of which chat GPT is just one example. |
| 1:35.1 | We take a look at where the field is after a year of explosive growth and what 2024 might hold. |
| 1:42.8 | And London's got one, Stockholm's got one, Singapore too. |
| 1:47.7 | And soon, after decades of wrangling, New York City will have one. |
| 1:52.8 | We look at how a planned new congestion charge might mitigate Manhattan's legendary traffic tangles. |
| 2:01.8 | But first... |
| 2:07.6 | On paper, the Democratic Republic of Congo has plenty going for it. |
| 2:16.6 | It's four times the size of France, stretching all the way from Africa's west coast to its |
| 2:21.4 | centre. It has a youthful population of 100 million. There's a wealth of the minerals most |
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