This resolved my initial problem. Thank you so much for your help.
After the updates installed, I continue to be unable to boot into Kernels 6.12.17-1 and 6.13.5-2. Though it has changed from booting to a black screen with a white blinking cursur in the top left, to being a completely black screen. I’ve once again reverted to kernel 6.6.x for the third or fourth major update in a row.
Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 - using proprietary driver version 550.144.03