AI Pioneer Geoffrey Hinton Receives Nobel Prize in Physics

Nobel laureates in physics Geoffrey Hinton (L) and John J. Hopfield attend a Nobel Prize lecture in physics in Aula Magna, Stockholm University, Sweden, on Dec. 8, 2024. The Canadian Press/Pontus Lundahl/TT News Agency via AP

Artificial intelligence pioneer Geoffrey Hinton and co-laureate John Hopfield have received their Nobel Prize for physics at a ceremony in Stockholm.

The accolade was bestowed on the pair of computer scientists by King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden after a presentation by Nobel physics committee chair Ellen Moons.