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The 24 biggest AI moments of 2024: A Laptop Mag countdown

By Rael Hornby, Stevie Bonifield last updated

A curated series of events that defined AI’s impact this year — and possibly in the years to come.

Scrapbook-style collage showing photograph of IBM scientist Murray Campbell (R) making a move for the IBM Deep Blue computer in a game 04 May in New York against World Chess Champion Garry Kasparov (L). The monitor at rear on table relays the computers' moves to Campbell. Kasparov, making a record of the move, won the first game on 03 May and leads the match,1-0. The photo is presented above a punk pop-art image of a chessboard.

In 1996, AI beat a grandmaster at chess. In 2024, the stakes are higher

By Stevie Bonifield published

Who comes out tops when humans and AI go head-to-head?

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Scrapbook styled punk pop-art image showing the Humane AI Pin being held in a hand on a colorful background.

Remember the year's biggest AI flop? The Humane AI pin's public failure has a silver lining

By Stevie Bonifield published

Humane's AI Pin stumbled out of the starting blocks, but the company ends 2024 with a new game plan in mind.

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Scrapbook style image of a Google logo sticker with Bard and Gemini AI stars, on top of a Google-themed runway with a light blue background filled with various shapes.

This year, Google launched Gemini AI, but did it come too late to defeat ChatGPT?

By Stevie Bonifield published

Google Gemini's turned heads throughout 2024, but not always for the right reasons.

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Punk Pop-Art styled scrapbook-like image of Uncle Sam pointing towards the viewer with a rudimentary American flag in the background with an overlay of the Capitol Hill building.

In 2024, Uncle Sam's AI task force deliberated while worries proliferated

By Stevie Bonifield published

Formed in February, Capitol Hill's AI Task Force is tight on time to tackle AI in 2024.

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Punk Pop-Art, scrapbook-styled image of an open medicine bottle filled with microchips, in the background medicinal pills and digital artifacts are part of a colorful collage.

AI supercharged the sciences in 2024, revealing a major breakthrough in Alzheimer's diagnosis

By Stevie Bonifield published

A surge of AI-powered breakthroughs reminds us of the good that artificial intelligence can do, when placed in the right hands.

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Leaked Samsung smart glasses specs point to Ray-Ban Meta competitor

By Rael Hornby published

Samsung's 'Galaxy Glasses' could be part of a larger wave of wearables.

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Microsoft readies impressive AI upgrade for beloved Windows apps on Copilot+ PCs

By Rael Hornby published

You still can't beat the classics.

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OpenAI's 'iPhone of AI' may include Meta-like smart glasses

By Rael Hornby published

OpenAI may have smart glasses in mind, but you don't have to wait to try a wearable ChatGPT.

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iOS 18.1 releases next week, bringing Apple Intelligence to iPhone 15 and 16

By Rael Hornby published

Apple Intelligence is finally making its way to iPhone 15 and 16

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