The Nobel Physics Prize 2024 was awarded to two scientists who pioneered discoveries in machine learning, which paved way for the artificial intelligence (AI) proliferation. US scientist John Hopfield and British-Canadian Geoffrey Hinton on Tuesday won the prestigious award,

Hinton, who quit Google in 2023 to warn of AI dangers, was "flabbergasted" at the news.

Two scientists who used physics to help develop methods used to build modern machine learning were honored with the 2024 Nobel Prize in the field.

For the first time, a Nobel Prize has been awarded to pioneers in the field of artificial intelligence. Geoffrey Hinton and John Hopfield were on Tuesday granted the honor of becoming Nobel laureates in physics,

U.S. scientist John Hopfield and British-Canadian colleague Geoffrey Hinton won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics for discoveries and inventions that laid the foundation for machine learning, the award-giving body said on Tuesday.

British-Canadian Geoffrey Hinton, winner of the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics, speaks British-Canadian Geoffrey Hinton, who shares the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics with US scientist John Hopfield, speaks about their award for discoveries and inventions that laid the foundation for machine learning.

John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton share the 2024 Nobel Prize for Physics for their “foundational discoveries and inventions that enable machine learning and artificial neural networks”. Known to some as the “godfather of artificial intelligence (AI)”,