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The Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to scientists for their contributions to machine learning with neural networks

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On October 8, 2024, the Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton for discoveries that made machine learning using neural networks possible. Their research contributed to the creation of modern artificial intelligence systems and is applied in climate modeling, solar cell development, and medical image analysis. The scientists applied scientific methods from physics to develop the foundations of modern machine learning.

On October 8, 2024, the Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to scientists John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton for their discoveries and inventions that made machine learning using neural networks possible. Their research, among other things, contributed to the creation of modern artificial intelligence systems.

Furthermore, the laureates' achievements find application in such fields as climate modeling, solar cell development, and medical image analysis.

Hopfield and Hinton applied scientific methods from physics to develop the foundations of modern machine learning.

Source: nobelprize.org

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