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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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AI was everywhere in 2024, except where you wanted it

By Stevie Bonifield published

AI was in everything, everywhere, all at once this year. Was it just a marketing smoke screen?

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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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Google invested millions in training job seekers to use AI this year. Will it work?

By Stevie Bonifield published

Google's AI Opportunity Initiative Fund shines a light on the importance of AI education worldwide.

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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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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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Chuwi Minibook X 2-in-1 laptop on a blue gradient background shown open in traditional clamshell form and in tablet format with screen facing up.

I spent weeks using a tiny 2-in-1 Windows laptop — are these untapped iPad alternatives?

By Ross Rubin published

Laptops with 10-inch displays mostly disappeared after the demise of the netbook, but they are back and could be compelling for the right user.

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Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024

I tested Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 on three laptops so you don't have to

By Madeline Ricchiuto published

Microsoft's Flight Simulator series is notoriously GPU-hungry, so naturally, I had to test Flight Simulator 2024 out on multiple laptop configurations.

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