And the Nobel Prize Goes to AI

The recent Nobel Prize T awards to AI pioneers affiliated with Google have sparked a broader conversation about Big Tech's influence on research and the limitations of traditional prize categories.

- Rohit Chintapali

Figures like Demis Hassabis and Geoffrey Hinton, whose breakthroughs in AI have revolutionised fields such as protein structure prediction and machine learning, were honoured in chemistry and physics, respectively. However, these recognitions have drawn criticism, particularly for the lack of a Nobel category dedicated to computer science or artificial intelligence. Some experts argue that awarding