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Geoffrey Hinton says there is 10% to 20% chance AI will lead to human extinction in three decades, as change moves fast

Professor Hinton, a Nobel Prize winner, was once dubbed the ‘godfather’ of AI.

The announcement of the artificial intelligence researchers John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton as this year’s Nobel laureates in physics spurred celebration and consternation over the status of AI in science and society. In Japan, however, another feeling dominates: frustration.

AI developers and investors are looking to create digital economic actors, with the capacity to do just about anything.

As OpenAI raised $6.6 billion in investment from Microsoft and NVIDIA, an AI artist argued that people are stealing from him by using AI. We also saw a major update to Windows 11 roll out and Microsoft ship the latest version of Office.

The computer scientist’s dogged belief in the potential of neural networks helped unlock machine learning. But he’d be wise to remember the experience of a fellow laureate

The artificial intelligence maker OpenAI may face a costly and inconvenient reckoning with its nonprofit origins even as its valuation recently exploded to $157 billion

Recognition for Demis Hassabis and Geoffrey Hinton marks moment when important ingredients came together

Geoffrey Hinton and Google AI division employees receive Nobel Prizes for AI breakthroughs, highlighting tech industry's role in advancing artificial intel...