World | best of 2023 The 15 Stories That Defined 2023 From AI to Barbie By Newser Editors Posted Dec 21, 2023 3:59 PM CST Updated Dec 31, 2023 7:01 PM CST Copied The OpenAI logo is seen displayed on a cell phone with an image on a computer screen generated by ChatGPT's Dall-E text-to-image model, Friday, Dec. 8, 2023, in Boston. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer) The world waited with bated breath to learn the fate of the Titan submersible, observed tumult in the House of Representatives, witnessed a series of Trump indictments, and started feeding ChatGPT prompts. Those were just some of the 15 news events that defined our year: Rise of generative AI Israel-Hamas war Trump indictments Titan submersible implosion Kevin McCarthy's 270-day speakership George Santos' expulsion Matthew Perry's death Maui wildfires China balloons Taylor Swift Ozempic Sam Bankman-Fried Hollywood strikes Yevgeny Prigozhin crash Barbie (Check out the 20 most-read stories of 2023.) Read These Next JD Vance in hot water over birthday boating trip. Two state troopers were shot in Pennsylvania "Rock's forgotten genius" said no to Led Zeppelin. Kelly Clarkson's ex died a day after she disclosed he was ill. Report an error