The Pour Over Today - NYT vs OpenAI, Big Stories of 2023, & More | 12.29.23

Episode Date: December 29, 2023

Today, we’re talking about the New York Times suing OpenAI, a migrant caravan heading through Mexico, a review of the biggest stories of 2023, and other top news for Friday, December 29th. Stay informed while remaining focused on Christ with The Pour Over Today. Support our staff and mission in 2024

Today, we're talking about the New York Times suing OpenAI, a migrant caravan heading through Mexico, a review of the biggest stories of 2023, and other top news for Friday, December 29th. Stay informed while remaining focused on Christ with The Pullover today. Here's the quote of the day. Glory to God in the highest heaven, who unto man his Son hath given, while angels sing Here's the quote of the day. Let's get started with some espresso shots. The New York Times says that all the news that's fit to print is being stolen. The Times is suing OpenAI and

Microsoft, alleging that ChatGPT is infringing on its intellectual property. The federal lawsuit claims that ChatGPT was trained with millions of New York Times articles without permission or payment, sometimes using its content near verbatim in responses. Other times, ChatGPT cites NYT articles incorrectly, claiming it reported things that it didn't. The lawsuit marks a breakdown in months-long talks between the companies trying to figure out how to work together. The Times didn't state specific damages from Microsoft or OpenAI in this suit, rather seeking to hold them responsible. In a statement, we assume not written by ChatGPT, OpenAI said it respects the rights of content creators and seeks mutually beneficial relationships

with publishers. The gospel is scandalous because God's heart is for everyone, journalists, chatbot programmers, and the judges who will work out the disagreement, to know him. He sacrificed 1 John 4, verses 8-11 say, A caravan of nearly 8,000 migrants has a collective New Year's resolution. Get to the U.S. The group of mainly Cubans, Haitians, and Hondurans, dubbed the Exodus from Poverty, left the south of Mexico on Monday. Their movement coincides with senior Biden administration officials heading to Mexico City to pressure our southern neighbor to toughen its stance on migrants passing through. On Wednesday, Secretary of State Blinken and Secretary of Homeland Security Mayorkas had a very productive meeting with Mexican President López Obrador,

during which they discussed managing the flow of migrants, reopening key ports of entry, and fighting illegal drug smuggling. The meeting comes as arrests for illegal border crossing set a new record this year, topping 2 million and bringing criticism to the Biden administration from both sides of the aisle. You may have no control over U.S. border policy, but you are an important part of Christ's mission to demonstrate his love for the world. Reflect his inexhaustible compassion by loving people, neighbors, and foreigners, humbly and unconditionally. John 13 verses 34 and 35 say, A new command I give you, love one another. A quick look back on major stories of 2023. January kicked off with a historic 15 rounds of voting to elect Kevin McCarthy as Speaker of the House, a position he held for only nine months.

Then Uncle Sam shot down a Chinese spy balloon in February, Silicon Valley Bank collapsed in March, a Chinese spy balloon in February, Silicon Valley Bank collapsed in March, conservatives boycotted Bud Light in April, and King Charles III was coronated in May. OceanGate's Titan submersible imploded while visiting the Titanic wreckage in June, Barbenheimer broke the box office in July, Republican primary debates began in August, and United Auto Workers continued the year's streak of strikes in September. Since October, news of the Israel-Hamas war has dominated headlines. The entire year has been peppered with news of former President Trump, indicted four times, Taylor Swift, heiress to her NFL boyfriend, and artificial intelligence. There will be a day when small things like prayer, brief gospel-centered conversations,

and loving people who are hateful or rude towards you will have helped shaped eternity. And big things like impeachment, economic collapse, and pandemics will be 100,000-year-old memories. Colossians 3 verses 2-4 say, Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things. For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. When Christ, who is your life, appears, then you also will appear with him in glory. Today's episode is ad-free thanks to listeners who choose to pay. They don't get anything except the warm fuzzies

of supporting Christ First News. If you want to support our staff and mission in 2024, go to tpopod.com. That's t-p-o-p-o-d dot com. Thank you. In other brews, here's a rapid round of updates. Maine's Secretary of State, a Democrat, removed former President Trump from the state's primary ballot yesterday under the Constitution's Insurrection Clause. An appeal is all but certain. Michigan's Supreme Court rejected a similar effort on Wednesday, and at least 16 other states are still considering the issue. A decision by the U.S. Supreme Court would resolve the matter for all 50 states.

The Detroit Pistons' 2024 goal? Win a game. Tuesday night, they set the NBA record for consecutive losses in a single season with 27 losses in a row. The really long rough patch has fans regularly filling the Pistons' home arena with sell-the-team chants. Christmas came late for people wanting the latest Apple watches. The fruit company resumed selling its Series 9 and Ultra 2 watches yesterday after a federal appeals court temporarily paused an import ban. The products had been banned after the ITC ruled they violated patents from medical device maker Massimo. The dispute is ongoing and the ban may be reinstated. The Biden administration approved $250 million in military aid to Ukraine.

It's the last funding available without additional congressional approval, which is proving hard to come by. Earlier this month, Senate Republicans voted down fresh funding. Secretary of State Blinken said it's imperative that Congress open up Uncle Sam's wallet and help Ukraine. Las Vegas is suiting up for a surge of wedding ceremonies on New Year's Eve attributed to this year's unique pattern on 12-31-23, or 1-2-3-1-2-3, even setting up a pop-up marriage license bureau in the airport. Nevada's current record for weddings in a day is 4,492 set on July 7th, 2007 or 070707. Hey, TPO community, one last thing for you. As we look back on 2023, we are pretty amazed at what God is doing through the pour over.

And we want to hear some of our listeners' stories. If the Pour Over Today podcast has blessed you this past year, tell us how by recording an audio file on your phone. Then send it to us at news at the pullover.org. It may be included in a future episode. And that's all we have for today. Thanks so much for listening. If you're listening on the Apple Podcasts app, give us a five-star rating and drop a review. If you're listening on Spotify, give us a follow and hit the notification bell to never miss a new episode. We appreciate your support. We hope you have a great weekend. We'll be back in the new year on Wednesday.