How a subfield of physics led to breakthroughs in AI – and from there to this year’s Nobel Prize

John J. Hopfield and Geoffrey E. Hinton received the Nobel Prize in physics on Oct. 8, 2024, for their research on machine ...
BioTechniques

Who won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics?

John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton have won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics “for foundational discoveries and inventions that enable machine learning with artificial neural networks.” This year, the ...
Princeton University

Princeton’s John Hopfield receives Nobel Prize in physics

Princeton University professor John Hopfield has been awarded the 2024 Nobel Prize in physics "for foundational discoveries and inventions that enable machine learning with artificial neural networks.
The Conversation

Physics Nobel awarded to neural network pioneers who laid foundations for AI

The 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded to scientists John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton “for foundational discoveries and inventions that enable machine learning with artificial neural ...
The New York Times

Nobel Physics Prize Awarded for Pioneering A.I. Research by 2 Scientists

With work on machine learning that uses artificial neural networks, John J. Hopfield and Geoffrey E. Hinton “showed a completely new way for us to use computers,” the committee said. By Derrick Bryson ...
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‘Godfather of AI’ shares Nobel Prize in physics for work on machine learning

The 2024 Nobel Prize in physics has been awarded to John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton for their fundamental discoveries in machine learning, which paved the way for how artificial intelligence is used ...