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The discovery of tools key to machine learning wins the 2024 physics Nobel

This year’s laureates did foundational work on artificial neural networks

A sketch of 2024 Nobel prize winners John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton.

John Hopfield (left) and Geoffrey Hinton (right) won the 2024 Nobel Prize in physics for discoveries that allow machine learning with artificial neural networks.

Niklas Elmehed, © Nobel Prize Outreach

By Emily Conover and Lisa Grossman

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As artificial intelligence explodes in popularity, two of its pioneers have nabbed the 2024 Nobel Prize in physics.