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)
2. Matthew Perry, star of “Friends,” is dead at 54. (Oct. 29)
3. Damar Hamlin of Buffalo Bills in critical condition after collapsing during N.F.L. game. (Jan. 2)
4. Trump decries charges after pleading not guilty to 34 felony counts. (April 4)
5. House adjourns again with no resolution on speaker. (Jan. 5)
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