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'It will be comparable with the industrial revolution': Two legendary AI scientists win Nobel Prize in physics for work on neural networks

The Nobel Committe for Physics announces John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton as the winners of the 2024 Nobel Prize for Physics.

The 2024 Nobel Prize in physics has been awarded to two scientists who laid the foundations for today's rapid advancements in artificial intelligence (AI).

John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton will share the 11 million Swedish krona ($1.03 million) prize for their work on artificial neural networks and the algorithms that enable machines to learn, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, which selects the Nobel laureates in physics, announced Tuesday (Oct. 8).

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