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2024: The year AI drove everyone crazy

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2024 brought a parade of AI oddities, mishaps, and wacky moments that inspired odd behavior from 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.

It's worth mentioning that aside from crazy news, we saw fewer weird AI advances as well.

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