'Godfather of AI' accepting Nobel Prize brings pride to the University of Toronto

Nobel Prize Winner Warns Against Rapid Progress of AI; Geoffrey Hinton Calls for Caution during Award Banquet in Stockholm

STOCKHOLM — This year's Nobel Prizes were dominated by research related to AI. Professor Emeritus Geoffrey Hinton of the University of Toronto, Canada, who won this year’s Nobel Prize in Physics, expressed concern about the rapid progress of artificial intelligence (AI) at the award ceremony on Tuesday.

'Godfather of AI' accepting Nobel Prize brings pride to the University of Toronto

The University of Toronto hosted a watch party to celebrate renowned computer scientist, Geoffrey Hinton, accept the 2024 Nobel Prize for physics in Sweden on Tuesday.

AI pioneer Geoffrey Hinton receives Nobel Prize in physics in proud moment for U of T

TORONTO — When Geoffrey Hinton strode across the Stockholm Concert Hall stage Tuesday to receive his Nobel Prize for physics from King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden, he was beaming.

A Nobel Prize-powered gift from Geoffrey Hinton is boosting a Canadian water charity

The Canadian winner of this year's Nobel Prize in physics is pouring hundreds of thousands of dollars from his winnings into a small Ontario-based organization.

Canadian-British physicist and AI pioneer Geoffrey Hinton receives his Nobel Prize in Sweden

As artificial intelligence pioneer Geoffrey Hinton strode across a Stockholm stage to receive his Nobel Prize for physics, the pride back home was palpable.

Geoffrey Hinton, AI pioneer and University of Toronto professor, receives Nobel Prize for physics

Dr. Hinton was a co-winner for his development of neural networks — computer algorithms that improve their performance through experience rather than following a rigid set of steps