British-Canadian 'godfather of AI' awarded Nobel Prize in Physics

Scientists Geoffrey Hinton from the University of Toronto and John Hopfield of Princeton University won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics for discoveries and inventions that enable machine learning within artificial neural networks, the award-giving body said on Tuesday.

British-Canadian 'godfather of AI' awarded Nobel Prize in Physics
Geoffrey Hinton speaking and gesturing with one hand at a podium on stage.

Scientists Geoffrey Hinton from the University of Toronto and John Hopfield of Princeton University won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics for discoveries and inventions that enable machine learning within artificial neural networks, the award-giving body said on Tuesday.