Editing 2023 (section)

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* [[ChatGPT]], developed by [[OpenAI]], is used by billions in 2023, amidst the [[AI boom]] of the early 2020s which came with advancements in [[generative artificial intelligence]];
* Supporters of former [[President of Brazil|Brazilian president]] [[Jair Bolsonaro]] [[2023 Brazilian Congress attack|storm]] the [[National Congress of Brazil|National Congress]] following his defeat in the [[2022 Brazilian general election|2022 general election]];
* A memorial commemorating the leaders of the [[Wagner Group]], who [[2023 Wagner Group plane crash|died in a plane crash]] two months after a [[Wagner Group rebellion|rebellion]] against the [[Russia under Vladimir Putin|Russian government]];
* An alleged [[High-altitude balloon|high-altitude]] [[observation balloon]] originating from [[China]] is [[2023 Chinese balloon incident|detected in U.S. airspace]];
* Remains of [[Titan (submersible)|''Titan'']], a [[submersible]] that notoriously [[Titan submersible implosion|imploded]] during an expedition to view the [[wreck of the Titanic| wreck of the ''Titanic'']];
* [[Azerbaijani Armed Forces|Azerbaijani soldiers]] locked in combat in [[Nagorno-Karabakh]] amidst an [[2023 Azerbaijani offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh|Azerbaijani offensive]] that caused the dissolution of the [[Republic of Artsakh]] and the [[Flight of Nagorno-Karabakh Armenians|flight of Armenians from the region]];
* [[Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip|Israel invades the Gaza Strip]] in retaliation for the [[2023 Hamas-led attack on Israel|attack on October 7]] by militant group [[Hamas]], starting a [[Gaza war|war between them]];
* [[2023 Turkey-Syria earthquake|7.8 and 7.5 magnitude earthquakes]] strike [[Syria]] and [[Turkey]], leaving up to 62,000 dead and 121,000 injured.}}
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Catastrophic natural disasters in 2023 included the [[Lists of 21st-century earthquakes|5th-deadliest earthquake of the 21st century]] [[2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes|striking]] [[Turkey]] and [[Syria]], leaving up to 62,000 people dead; [[Cyclone Freddy]], the longest-lasting recorded tropical cyclone in [[Meteorological history of Cyclone Freddy|history]] in the [[Indian Ocean]], which led to over 1,400 deaths in [[Malawi]] and [[Mozambique]]; [[Storm Daniel]], which became the deadliest tropical cyclone worldwide since [[Typhoon Haiyan]] after killing at least 5,300 people in [[Libya]]; a major [[2023 Marrakesh–Safi earthquake|6.8 magnitude earthquake]] striking western [[Morocco]], killing 2,960 people; and a [[2023 Herat earthquakes|6.3 magnitude quadruple earthquake]] striking western [[Afghanistan]], killing over 1,400 people. The year also saw a decline in the severity of the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], with the [[World Health Organization|WHO]] (World Health Organization) ending its [[Public health emergency of international concern|global health emergency]] status in May.

The [[Russian invasion of Ukraine]] and [[Myanmar civil war (2021–present)|Myanmar civil war]] continued in 2023, and a [[Coup Belt|series of]] [[Coup d'état|coups]], several armed conflicts, and [[2023 Nigerien crisis|political crises]] broke out in numerous African nations, most notably a [[Sudanese civil war (2023–present)|Sudanese civil war]]. In [[Armenia]] and [[Azerbaijan]], the [[Nagorno-Karabakh conflict]] ended after over 100,000 [[Armenians]] [[Flight of Nagorno-Karabakh Armenians|fled]] the region after an [[2023 Azerbaijani offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh|Azeri military invasion]]. In [[India]], the year marked the beginning of the [[2023–2025 Manipur violence|ethnic violence]] in the state of [[Manipur]] between the [[Kuki people|Kuki]] and the [[Meitei people|Meitei]] people. A major escalation of the [[Israeli–Palestinian conflict]] occurred in October when [[Hamas]], the governing body of the [[Gaza Strip]], led [[2023 Hamas-led attack on Israel|a major attack]] on [[Israel]], leading the latter to both [[Gaza war|declare war on Hamas]] and [[Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip|invade the Gaza Strip]]; the Israeli [[Israeli bombing of the Gaza Strip|aerial bombardment campaign]] killed 20,000 Palestinians within two months and caused a [[Gaza humanitarian crisis (2023–present)|humanitarian crisis]], leading to [[Gaza genocide|allegations of genocide]] that formed the basis of an [[South Africa's genocide case against Israel|ICJ case]] brought by [[South Africa]] that December.

A [[2023 United States banking crisis|banking crisis]] resulted in the collapse of numerous [[United States|American]] regional banks as well as the [[Acquisition of Credit Suisse by UBS|buyout]] of [[Credit Suisse]] by [[UBS]] in [[Switzerland]]. The two largest American banks to collapse were [[Silicon Valley Bank]] and [[First Republic Bank]], two of the three largest [[List of largest bank failures in the United States|banking collapses]] in US history. The most notable of numerous acquisitions in various industries included October's energy acquisitions with [[ExxonMobil]] and [[Chevron Corporation|Chevron]] buying [[Pioneer Natural Resources]] and [[Hess Corporation|Hess]] respectively, the luxury fashion holding company [[Tapestry, Inc.|Tapestry]] ([[Coach New York]] and [[Kate Spade New York]]) announcing its purchase of [[Capri Holdings]] (Michael Kors and [[Versace]]), and the closure of [[Microsoft]]'s [[Acquisition of Activision Blizzard by Microsoft|acquisition]] of [[Activision Blizzard]]. In the realm of technology, 2023 saw [[AI boom|the continued rise of generative AI models]], with increasing applications across various industries. These models, leveraging advancements in [[machine learning]] and [[natural language processing]], had become capable of creating realistic and coherent text, music, and images.

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