The University of Toronto’s Geoffrey Hinton travelled to Sweden to officially accept the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics.

U of T University Professor Emeritus Geoffrey Hinton receives his Nobel Prize in Physics during the Nobel Prize award ceremony in Stockholm on Dec. 10, 2024.

In Stockholm for a series of Nobel Week events, the “godfather of AI” will officially accept his Nobel Prize in Physics at a ceremony on Dec. 10

Geoffrey Hinton, 2024 co-laureate of the Nobel Prize in Physics — known to many as the “godfather of AI” — was honoured at an event attended by U of T leaders, supporters, dignitaries and other luminaries.