[Breaking News] AI Sweeps Nobel Prizes... Wins in Chemistry Following Physics

The Swedish Nobel Committee announced on the 9th (local time) that the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to Professor David Baker, Demis Hassabis, CEO of Google DeepMind, and John Jumper, a researcher at Google DeepMind.

Google DeepMind was recognized for providing a decisive breakthrough in protein research through an AI called 'AlphaFold.'

Demis Hassabis CEO / Photo by Google DeepMind

Meanwhile, in the Nobel Prize in Physics announced a day earlier, Geoffrey Hinton, a professor at the University of Toronto known as the godfather of AI, was awarded.