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

2024 was another year defined by generative AI, with software features put into the hands of millions of people worldwide and unavoidably built into popular services, like Google Search. While some AI tools, like ChatGPT’s Advanced Voice Mode and Google’s NotebookLM, were delightful to interact with, the prevailing narrative remained on the technology’s inherent flaws, with rampant hallucinations and continued questions about proper data training. For further reading, here’s every article referenced in our quiz: Question 1: Rabbit R1 Review: Skip This AI-Powered Hardware Assistant | WIRED Question 2: The Willy Wonka Event’s Lead Actor Speaks Out: ‘It Was Just Gibberish’ | WIRED Question 3: Jeffrey Epstein’s Island Visitors Exposed by Data Broker | WIRED Question 4: The Solar Eclipse Is the Super Bowl for Conspiracists | WIRED Question 5: Huge Microsoft Outage Linked to CrowdStrike Takes Down Computers Around the World | WIRED Question 6: J.D. Here’s What It Shows | WIRED Question 7: Neuralink’s First User Is ‘Constantly Multitasking’ With His Brain Implant | WIRED Question 8: Wear This AI Friend Around Your Neck | WIRED Question 9 : Workers Say They Were Tricked and Threatened as Part of Elon Musk’s Get-Out-the-Vote Effort | WIRED Question 10: AI's Energy Demands Are Out of Control.