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Elon Musk's lawsuit against OpenAI now backed by the 'godfather' of AI: Report

Hinton has also criticised OpenAI cofounder Sam Altman, saying he is “much less concerned with safety than with profits,” and calling this, “unfortunate”

OpenAI was launched as a nonprofit research organization in 2015, but has recently started taking steps to become a for-profit company. Musk, who cofounded the AI giant is trying to block that move now, despite having left its board in 2018(Getty Images)

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Updated on Jan 01, 2025 12:58 PM IST

ByHT News Desk | Edited by Abhyjith K. Ashokan

Godfather of AI issues striking prediction on 'potentially dangerous' technology

Professor Geoffrey Hinton, a British-Canadian computer scientist who is popularly known as ‘Godfather of AI’, has issued a warning against AI.

Physics laureate Geoffrey Hinton delivers his speech during the Nobel Banquet at the City Hall in Stockholm, Sweden, December 10, 2024.(via REUTERS)

world news

Published on Dec 28, 2024 10:54 PM IST

ByShweta Kukreti

AI godfather Hinton warns humanity faces 10% to 20% chance of extinction

Geoffrey Hinton was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics earlier this year for his contributions to AI.

Nobel Prize in Physics 2024 laureate, British-Canadian computer scientist Geoffrey Hinton shared his evolving views on AI’s potential risks.(AFP)

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Updated on Dec 28, 2024 05:08 PM IST

ByHT News Desk

What is innovation? Lessons from AI’s Nobel controversy

Vivek Wadhwa writes: The myth of the lone genius dominates public narratives, leading us to believe that major breakthroughs occur in isolation

While Geoffrey Hinton’s recognition is deserved, it underscores a common flaw in how credit is distributed: the contributions of early pioneers often fade from view. (AFP)

india news

Updated on Oct 12, 2024 12:52 AM IST

ByVivek Wadhwa

Nobel Prize 2024 winner proud of ex-student’s role in Sam Altman’s OpenAI ouster

Geoffrey Hinton, 2024 Nobel Prize winner, expressed pride in former student Ilya Sutskever's role in Sam Altman's dismissal from OpenAI.

British-Canadian professor Geoffrey Hinton of the University of Toronto won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physicsfor discoveries and inventions in machine learning that paved the way for the artificial intelligence boom.(Reuters)

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Published on Oct 10, 2024 09:51 AM IST

ByHT News Desk

Nobel prize in Physics: They trained their machines to imitate the human brain

They are pioneers who developed early artificial neural networks. John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton used fundamental concepts of physics to develop their ideas

A screen shows the laureates of the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics, US physicist John J Hopfield and Canadian-British computer scientist and cognitive psychologist Geoffrey E Hinton, during the announcement by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm, Sweden on Tuesday. (AFP)

world news

Updated on Oct 09, 2024 12:03 AM IST

ByKabir Firaque

AI scientists are producing new theories of how the brain learns

The challenge for neuroscientists is how to test them

Working out how the brain does what it does is no easy feat. Much of what neuroscientists understand about human learning comes from experiments on small slices of brain tissue, or handfuls of neurons in a Petri dish(Getty Images/iStockphoto)

science

Published on Aug 18, 2024 08:00 AM IST

The Economist

'Godfather of AI' quits Google to warn of the tech's dangers

Geoffrey Hinton, who created a foundation technology for AI systems, said that advancements made in the field posed "profound risks to society and humanity".

Hinton said that competition between tech giants was pushing companies to release new AI technologies at dangerous speeds, risking jobs and spreading misinformation. (File)

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Updated on May 02, 2023 10:55 AM IST

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