What Putin’s victory means for Russia
FT News Briefing
Forhecz Topher
4.4 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 19 March 2024
⏱️ 12 minutes
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Summary
Nvidia announced a new “superchip” and Vladimir Putin’s expected electoral victory is an inflection point for Russia. Plus, the FT’s Heba Saleh explains why young people in Gaza are being called the lost generation.
Mentioned in this podcast:
Nvidia unveils new ‘superchip’ in push to continue dominance of AI market
Vladimir Putin cements Russian rule for another six years
The lost future of young Gazans
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| 0:00.0 | The UK's energy partner. |
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| 0:10.0 | At Aquinore. UK. Good morning from the Financial Times. Today is Tuesday, March 19th, and this is your |
| 0:18.0 | F.T. news briefing. |
| 0:20.9 | Invidia is launching a so-called super chip and we look ahead to the next six years of Vladimir Putin's |
| 0:27.9 | Russia. |
| 0:28.9 | Plus the F.T.'s Hibisale tells us about Gaza's lost generation. |
| 0:34.4 | I'm Sonia Hudson, and here's the news you need to start your day. The company's Invidia unveiled its latest artificial intelligence chip yesterday. |
| 0:54.0 | The company says it's way cheaper and more powerful than its current leading hardware. |
| 0:59.0 | Invidia has been dominating the AI chip market, |
| 1:02.0 | and this new super chip is expected to cement |
| 1:05.1 | that position as AI development shifts into its next stage. Up until now the focus |
| 1:11.2 | has been on training AI models and the next step is practical |
| 1:15.4 | application of the technology. |
| 1:17.3 | NVIDIA's new chip is set to become available later this year. Vladimir Putin cruised to victory over the weekend in Russia's presidential election. He was reelected with a record 87% of the vote. |
| 1:37.0 | Now obviously there was never any doubt that Putin would win, but the election still |
| 1:41.2 | serve as an important marker for the direction that Russia is heading. |
| 1:45.7 | Here to talk to me about that is the F.T. is Courtney Weaver. Hey Courtney. |
| 1:49.2 | Hey Sonia. Okay so we know that Putin's win was a foregone conclusion |
| 1:54.9 | before the election even happened. |
| 1:56.6 | But what, if anything, did we learn |
| 1:59.5 | from the last few days of voting? |
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