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

Hours after the artificial intelligence pioneer Geoffrey Hinton won a Nobel Prize in physics, he drove a rented car to Google’s California headquarters to celebrate

After making the scientific breakthrough that led to contemporary AI programs, Hinton frets that he “can’t see a path that guarantees safety.”

The controversy surrounding Hinton’s Nobel Prize should spark a reevaluation of how we recognize innovation.

The 2024 Nobel Prizes in physics and chemistry have given us a glimpse of the future of science. Artificial intelligence (AI) was central to the discoveries honoured by both awards. You have to wonder what Alfred Nobel, who founded the prizes, would think of it all.

For long periods of its history, artificial intelligence has lurked in the hinterland of science, often unloved and unfunded -- but two Nobel prizes in one week suggest its time in the sunshine has finally arrived.

Artificial intelligence stole the limelight from Nobel laureates in both physics and chemistry this year, with winners noting its immense power but warning of uncontrolled development.

It's clear that 2024 is the year of AI breaking into the world's most prestigious scientific awards.

The 76-year-old argued it’s “unfortunate” that Altman has put profits over AI safety.

The British-Canadian scientist warned the technology increases the risk of cyber-attacks, fake videos and political interference.

If your jaw dropped as you watched the latest AI-generated video, your bank balance was saved from criminals by a fraud detection system, or your day was made a little easier because you were able to dictate a text message on the run, you have many scientists, mathematicians and engineers…