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OpenAI co-founder Sam Altman, had a rather tumultuous November 2023, with the company's board of directors voting him out, Microsoft offering him a job, and only five days later to be inducted back into OpenAI. However, December started on a different note for the man who, according to AirBnB CEO Brian Chesky ‘responsibly brought AGI to the world’. Sam Altman was named CEO of the Year 2023 by TIME magazine.

Narendra Modi, the Prime Minister of India, declared in a speech recently that he himself had become a victim of a ‘deepfake.’ He was shown participating in a folk dance that he did not participate in. He went on to say that he had personally talked to ChatGPT’s maker OpenAI about it. A few days before that, India’s IT minister had warned AI and social media firms that they needed to weed out deep-fakes.

Pope Francis also appealed for peace amid ongoing Israel-Hamas war. Expressing concerns, he said, “The situation in Gaza is desperate.

Pope Francis urged all people to do their part to address the world’s problems, especially climate change and the care of children, to open The Clinton Global Initiative Monday in New York in a talk with former President Bill Clinton

technology companies Microsoft and IBM. Their collaboration aimed to champion the ethical advancement of AI and advocate for the oversight of invasive technologies like facial recognition.

Russell Crowe and directed by Julius Avery, premiered in theaters worldwide earlier in 2023. Now, it is scheduled to come to Netflix in the United States through the Sony Picture first window output deal. However, viewers in other regions will have to wait a bit longer before it becomes available on the platform. The movie, ‘The Pope’s Exorcist’ is based on the real-life files of Father Gabriele Amorth, who investigated a young boy's frightening possession. Alongside Crowe, the film features actors Daniel Zovatto, Alex Essoe, and Franco Nero. Reviews for the movie have been mixed, with Moviehole comparing it to a blend of The Da Vinci Code and The Exorcist, praising Crowe's performance as the standout factor. The Pope's Exorcist debuted in the United States on April 14th, 2023, while international regions showcased it a week earlier on April 7th. It grossed over $75 million at the box office and received mostly positive feedback from audiences, though critics' ratings on RottenTomatoes stand at 45%.

Ukrainian and Russian troops battled in eastern regions on Thursday as Kyiv tried to push back occupying forces.

Much of the Alps does not look right for this time of the year, with sparse snowfall and unseasonably warm weather allowing grass to blanket the European mountain range. 

The European Parliament moved to lift the immunity of two MEPs on Monday, amid a major corruption scandal that has sent shockwaves through Brussels. 

The leaders of Ukraine and Russia both vowed to push for victory in New Year speeches, but while Volodymyr Zelenskyy spoke of gratitude and pain, Vladimir Putin urged duty to Russia, casting the war as a near-existential fight.

Just half an hour into 2023, air raid sirens ring across Ukraine's capital, followed by the sound of explosions.

2023 has been brought in with celebrations in cities around the world. Ticker tape showered down in New York's Times Square, while the Berlin night sky was illuminated by a spectacular firework display.

Kyiv said on Friday it had repelled a night-time explosive drone attack launched by Russia less than 24 hours after massive bombing raids on energy infrastructure left millions of Ukrainians without electricity.

As Kay Wolf and Stephan Sahling watched the news of Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine unfold on 24 February, the two German IT security experts immediately sprung to action.

A drone attack on the headquarters of Russia's Black Sea Fleet, as Russia celebrated Fleet Day, has left five people injured. 

Pope Francis acknowledged Saturday that he can no longer travel like he used to because of his strained knee ligaments, saying his weeklong Canadian pilgrimage was “a bit of a test” that showed he needs to slow down and one day possibly retire.

Pope Francis prayed for healing from what he called the "terrible effects of colonisation" as he led a pilgrimage to Lac Sainte Anne on Tuesday in Canada.

Pope Francis has issued an historic apology for the Catholic Church’s cooperation with Canada’s “catastrophic” policy of Indigenous residential schools, saying the forced assimilation of Native peoples into Christian society destroyed their cultures, severed families and marginalised generations.

Pope Francis began a tense visit to Canada on Sunday to apologise to Indigenous peoples for abuses committed by missionaries in residential schools.

Russian Foreign Minister is in Congo on Monday as part of Russia's Africa charm offensive that also takes Sergei Lavrov to Egypt, Uganda and Ethiopia.