# Nobel Prize in physics awarded to 2 scientists for discoveries that enabled machine learning

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John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics for their foundational contributions to artificial intelligence and machine learning. Hopfield developed a network that stores and reconstructs patterns, while Hinton advanced AI with the invention of the Boltzmann machine, which enables machines to recognize patterns in data. Their work laid the groundwork for modern machine learning technologies like neural networks, revolutionizing fields from facial recognition to material science. This breakthrough is reshaping technology and poses both opportunities and ethical challenges.

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> Two pioneers of artificial intelligence—John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton—won the Nobel Prize in physics Tuesday for helping create the building blocks of machine learning that is revolutionizing the way we work and live but also creates new threats...

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