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Nobel Prize in physics for 'machines that learn'

Derrick Williams
October 8, 2024

John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton were awarded the 2024 laurels "for foundational discoveries and inventions that enable machine learning with artificial neural networks." Their work laid the foundations for modern AI systems.

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