Secretary General of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences Hans Ellegren (C) addresses media representatives next to Chair of the Nobel Committee for Physics Ellen Moons (L) and Member of the Nobel Committee for Physics Anders Irbaeck following their announcement of the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm, Sweden on October 8, 2024. American John Hopfield and British-Canadian Geoffrey Hinton won the Nobel Prize in Physics on October 8, 2024 for pioneering work in the development of artificial intelligence. (Photo by Jonathan NACKSTRAND / AFP)