Four Rankings – The New York Times

This was the year when many Times readers began to care about artificial intelligence. It was also a year when they wanted their friends and family members to care about the subject.

In today’s newsletter, we’re ranking the most popular Times articles of 2023 in four different ways. One of the rankings is based on “gift-sharing” — when Times subscribers send free copies of articles to friends and family who don’t have a subscription. Among the most gift shared articles of 2023 were those that covered the perils of artificial intelligence, a reporter’s unsettling chat with an A.I. bot and professors’ efforts to prevent A.I.-enabled cheating.

Below are the gift-shared list as well as three others: the most-read articles; the most-read interactive features and trackers; and the articles that readers spent the most cumulative time reading. That last list includes many in-depth projects. (We have omitted some articles that were follow-ups to running news stories, such as updates on the missing submersible.)

We hope you’ll find some stories to enjoy that you might have missed the first time around.

Most read articles

1. Titan submersible rescuers detect “underwater noise” in search area and redirect efforts. (June 20)

8. The Polygon and the Avalanche: How the Gilgo Beach suspect was found. (July 20)

9. America, China and a crisis of trust. (April 14)

10. Can you survive summer? Take the quiz. (June 2)

Programming note: This week, we will be using The Morning to highlight The Times’s best journalism of 2023, especially work that we think is worth revisiting. As always, The Morning will also provide you with a summary of the day’s news and links to full Times coverage.

THE LATEST NEWS

Israel-Hamas War

• Benjamin Netanyahu made his second known visit to Gaza since the war began. He said Israel would “deepen” the fighting in the coming days.

• In Israel, the Oct. 7 attacks continue to unify a country that earlier this year was divided over political debates.

• Amid fears of a wider regional conflict, Iran said Israel had killed one of its high-level military officials in Syria.

• The U.S. struck Iran-backed groups in Iraq, destroying three facilities used by Iranian proxies that had been targeting American and coalition troops, U.S. officials said.

Politics

• “You almost feel like you’re family”: Members of Congress who have children with disabilities find common ground despite political differences.

• If Donald Trump wins another term, he has said he plans to bar Americans from investing in China and ban imports of key categories of Chinese-made goods.

• With the January caucuses less than a month away, Nikki Haley’s campaign is trying to capitalize on the momentum that her presidential bid has gained in recent months.

War in Ukraine

• Ukraine said it had hit a warship in Crimea, potentially one of the most significant strikes against Moscow’s Black Sea Fleet in months.

• Aleksei Navalny, the imprisoned Russian opposition leader, was moved to a remote Arctic prison. He published a letter describing his transfer.

Other Big Stories

Opinions

Polls reveal an Achilles’ heel for Trump: If he is convicted by a jury, voters say they are likely to punish him for it, Norman Eisen, Celinda Lake and Anat Shenker-Osorio write.

People have used meals for political ends for centuries. Culinary diplomacy is a vital tool in this time of sharp partisan divisions, Alex Prud’homme writes.

Vocholandia: The Volkswagen Beetle remains a favorite in one northern Mexico City community.

Best of TV: Episodes of “Australian Survivor” and “Bob’s Burgers” made it onto the Times’s list of the best of the year.

Good Tech Awards: The technological breakthroughs of 2023 that might make the world a better place.

Lives Lived: Carlos Lyra was part of a circle of musicians who in the 1950s blended the samba sounds of Brazil with American jazz and European classical influences. He died at 90.

SPORTS

N.F.L.: The Philadelphia Eagles held on to defeat the New York Giants, 33-25. And the Kansas City Chiefs failed to clinch their eighth consecutive AFC West crown, losing to the Las Vegas Raiders, 20-14.

Food and company: London’s supper club scene grew in popularity in the 2000s, pushed by critics and food bloggers as an alternative to fancy restaurants. The events, which are usually held in the homes of amateur chefs, were forced to stop during the pandemic, but now they’re back — and evolving. The Times reporter Isabella Kwai spent a recent afternoon on a repurposed 1970s London Tube train enjoying a meal with eight strangers.

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