WIRED’s 2024 Year-in-Review Quiz: From AI Slop to Human Brain Implants

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2024 was another The year defined by Generative AIWith software features built into the hands of millions of people worldwide and inevitably popular services, e.g Google search. Although some AI tools, e.g ChatGPT’s advanced voice mode And Google’s Notebook LMWhile it was a pleasure to interact with, the prevailing narrative remains on the technology’s inherent flaws, with persistent questions about mass hallucinations and proper data training.

I mean, who can forget Shrimp Jesus And other surreal, AI-generated images spreading across Facebook? Or when the AI overview told Google users that it was okay to get stoned in moderation Spread the glue on the pizza? It was a year where wacky AI-generated content was felt everywhere.

Here at WIRED, 2024 was full Juicy investigation, deep conversationAnd Thorough gadget review. This quiz, looking back at our journalism throughout the year, captures just a small portion of all the hard work and fantastic pieces from my colleagues. With that in mind, I hope this is an interesting way for readers to reflect on what has often felt like a chaotic year. Links are included at the bottom after the quiz ends, for further reading and to learn more about the 10 questions you missed.

For further reading, here’s every article mentioned in our quiz:

Question 1: Rabbit R1 review: Skip this AI-powered hardware assistant wired

Question 2: Willy Wonka event headliner says: ‘It was just rubbish’ | wired

Question 3: Visitors to Jeffrey Epstein’s Island Exposed by Data Broker | wired

Question 4: A solar eclipse is the Super Bowl for conspirators wired

Question 5: Massive Microsoft outage linked to Crowdstrike brings down computers around the world wired

Question 6: JD Vance has left his Venmo public. Here’s what it looks like wired

Question 7: First Neuralink user ‘constantly multitasking’ with his brain implant | wired

Question 8: Wear this AI friend around your neck wired

Question 9: Workers say they were cheated and threatened as part of Elon Musk’s get-out-the-vote effort wired

Question 10: AI’s energy needs are out of control. Welcome to the hyper-consumption era of the Internet, wired