Pioneers in artificial intelligence win the Nobel Prize in physics 

John J. Hopfield and Geoffrey E. Hinton are awarded this year's Nobel Prize in Physics, announced at a press conference at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm, Oct. 8, 2024. (TT News Agency/Christine Olsson via Reuters)

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 to humanity, one of the winners said.