2024: The Year Ai Drove Everyone Crazy

Benj Edwards, Ars Technica
Thu, 12/26/2024 - 5:00am

It's been a wild year in tech thanks to the intersection between humans and artificial intelligence. 2024 brought a parade of AI oddities, mishaps, and wacky moments that inspired odd behavior from both machines and man. From AI-generated rat genitals to search engines telling people to eat rocks, this year proved that AI has been having a weird impact on the world. Why the weirdness?

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