In December, the New York Times launched a lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft in the Federal District Court in Manhattan. The suit claims that the AI companies have engaged in copyright infringement since, it alleges, the Times' paywalled artices have been used to train chatbots such as Chat-GPT.

"Anaconda in the Chandelier" is a type of repression where authoritarian regimes write vague laws and inconsistently enforce them. "Law and Order" is a type of repression where authoritarian regimes write specific and strict laws, and enforce those laws to the best of their ability.

Brazil is one of the few countries with an unenumerated “right to beauty." As a result, the Brazilian government subsidizes a large number of cosmetic plastic surgeries for its low-income citizens.

India has a variety of separatist groups (eg, the Naxals, the Khalistanis, etc.) whose activities range from civil disobedience to open violence against the state.

Japan has a benchmark interest rate of -0.1% and an inflation rate of 2.7%. Since 2021, the yen (Japan's currency) has devalued 30% against the dollar and 20% against other major currencies. Japan has engaged in two rounds of yen purchases to prop up the currency.

India is the world's largest rice exporter. In July 2023, the Indian government announced an export ban on all non-basmati white rice.