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

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
Updated on Jan 01, 2025 12:58 PM IST

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

Physics laureate Geoffrey Hinton delivers his speech during the Nobel Banquet at the City Hall in Stockholm, Sweden, December 10, 2024.
Published on Dec 28, 2024 10:54 PM IST

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

Nobel Prize in Physics 2024 laureate, British-Canadian computer scientist Geoffrey Hinton shared his evolving views on AI’s potential risks.
Updated on Dec 28, 2024 05:08 PM IST

What is innovation? Lessons from AI’s Nobel controversy

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)
Updated on Oct 12, 2024 12:52 AM IST

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

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.
Published on Oct 10, 2024 09:51 AM IST

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

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)
Updated on Oct 09, 2024 01:10 PM IST

AI scientists are producing new theories of how the brain learns

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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
Published on Aug 18, 2024 08:00 AM IST

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

Hinton said that competition between tech giants was pushing companies to release new AI technologies at dangerous speeds, risking jobs and spreading misinformation. (File)
Updated on May 02, 2023 10:55 AM IST