In 2024, you couldn’t escape hearing about AI. From smartphones to wearables to the smart home, it seemed every tech company wanted to pitch their next great AI innovation.
2024 in review: AI
In 2024, AI was everywhere. Let’s look back at some of the biggest moments from this year.
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The year was filled with impressive technological leaps and useful new tools, endless hype and frequent misfires, and implications for the future that range from truly exciting to unpredictable. This is the year we got a sense of what AI might actually do — and just how unprepared we still are to grapple with it.
Here at The Verge, we thought a lot about AI’s impacts on the industries and people we cover. From strikes across industries like gaming to its impact on our climate to the desire for policy protections for Hollywood and the AI Act, AI is already reshaping nearly every area of our lives.
So let’s take a look back at some of the biggest, boldest, weirdest AI stories from the last year — and look ahead to what could be in store for 2025.
If you can’t tell the difference between AGI and RAG, don’t worry! We’re here for you.
Jay Peters
Inside my illuminating and incredibly dumb quest to create an AI wearable from phones I had laying about.
Allison Johnson
Friend just raised another $5.4 million to bring AI friends into the real world.
Kylie Robison
Many high-ranking AI apps feel like an attempted cash grab, and it’s not easy to spot the trash from the treasure.
Jess Weatherbed
Let’s put this sloppy, bad-faith argument to rest.
Jess Weatherbed
Veo has launched in private preview, while OpenAI’s Sora is still nowhere to be seen.
Jess Weatherbed
Apple’s AI could use a little more smarts.
Allison Johnson
The startup’s next flagship model, codenamed Orion, is slated to arrive around the two-year anniversary of ChatGPT.
Kylie Robison and Tom Warren
And they’re betting you’ll pay for it.
Kylie Robison
Copilot is transforming into a more personalized AI assistant thanks to Inflection.
Tom Warren
Orion is an impressive demo of AR glasses, but can Mark Zuckerberg beat everyone else to the next big platform?
Alex Heath
The Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses exceeded expectations in a year when AI gadgets flopped. But can it keep the momentum going?
Victoria Song
If you can’t tell the difference between AGI and RAG, don’t worry! We’re here for you.
Jay Peters
Inside my illuminating and incredibly dumb quest to create an AI wearable from phones I had laying about.
Allison Johnson
Friend just raised another $5.4 million to bring AI friends into the real world.
Kylie Robison
Many high-ranking AI apps feel like an attempted cash grab, and it’s not easy to spot the trash from the treasure.
Jess Weatherbed
Let’s put this sloppy, bad-faith argument to rest.
Jess Weatherbed
Veo has launched in private preview, while OpenAI’s Sora is still nowhere to be seen.
Jess Weatherbed
Apple’s AI could use a little more smarts.
Allison Johnson
The startup’s next flagship model, codenamed Orion, is slated to arrive around the two-year anniversary of ChatGPT.
Kylie Robison and Tom Warren
And they’re betting you’ll pay for it.
Kylie Robison
Copilot is transforming into a more personalized AI assistant thanks to Inflection.
Tom Warren
Orion is an impressive demo of AR glasses, but can Mark Zuckerberg beat everyone else to the next big platform?
Alex Heath
The Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses exceeded expectations in a year when AI gadgets flopped. But can it keep the momentum going?
Victoria Song
