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Han Kang: innovative South Korean author wins the 2024 Nobel prize for literature

It’s often the case that when poets write novels, they deliver arrestingly vivid and nimble prose. Han Kang’s The Vegetarian (2007) is a case in point, and it is no doubt the work that was most influential in the Swedish Academy’s decision to award her the Nobel prize in literature…

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The controversy surrounding AI pioneer Geoffrey Hinton’s Nobel Prize misses the point

The controversy surrounding Hinton’s Nobel Prize should spark a reevaluation of how we recognize innovation.

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South Koreans react with joy and amazement at writer Han Kang's Nobel win

South Koreans have reacted with joy and astonishment after learning that homegrown writer Han Kang won the Nobel Prize in literature, an unexpected moment that stoked national pride about the country’s growing cultural influence

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Han Kang wins South Korea's first Nobel Prize in Literature

Best known for her dark and troubling novel "The Vegetarian", Han Kang has been announced as the 2024 laureate of the Nobel Prize in Literature, with the Swedish Academy praising her "intensely poetic prose" and the important questions of historical trauma and human fragility that she deals with. Audrey Chapuis,…

France 24

Nobel Prize winner claims former OpenAI Chief Scientist fired Sam Altman because he "is much less concerned with AI safety than profits" — and suggests superintelligence might be on the horizon: "We have maybe 4 years left"' before human extinction

Nobel Prize winner and physicist gives former OpenAI Chief Scientist Ilya Sutskever a hat tip for his contributions to developing safe AI and firing Sam Altman for his missteps, including focusing on generating focus and abandoning the firm's founding mission.

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Nobel Literature goes to South Korean Han Kang, 18th woman to be awarded

With this award a total of 18 women have been awarded the literature prize so far. Read further on Dynamite News:

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AI was central to two of 2024’s Nobel prize categories. It’s a sign of things to come

The 2024 Nobel Prizes in physics and chemistry have given us a glimpse of the future of science. Artificial intelligence (AI) was central to the discoveries honoured by both awards. You have to wonder what Alfred Nobel, who founded the prizes, would think of it all.

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South Korean Author Han Kang Wins 2024 Nobel Prize In Literature

Han Kang, the first South Korean author to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, is celebrated for her profound storytelling and innovative narratives.

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Han Kang: South Korean author wins Nobel Prize in literature

The writer was praised for her ‘intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life’

The Independent UK

South Korean author Han Kang wins the 2024 Nobel prize in literature

Han, whose works include The Vegetarian, was praised for her ‘intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life’

The Guardian - UK

South Korean author Han Kang wins 2024 Nobel Prize in literature

The first South Korean to win the literature prize said she would ‘celebrate it quietly’ and have tea with her son.

Al Jazeera

South Korean author Han Kang wins 2024 Nobel literature prize

South Korean author Han Kang won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature "for her intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life", the award-giving body said on Thursday.

France 24

South Korea’s Han Kang wins 2024 Nobel prize in literature – as it happened

Author, known for her acclaimed work The Vegetarian, honoured for her ‘intense prose that confronts historical traumas’

The Guardian - UK

The Nobel Prize in literature is being awarded in Stockholm

After three days of Nobel prizes honoring work in the sciences, the literature award is being announced by the Nobel Committee at the Swedish Academy

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Nobel Literature Jury May Go For Non-Western Writer

The Nobel Prize in Literature to be announced on Thursday has mainly gone to Western writers over the years, though this year the Swedish Academy may shine its spotlight further afield, experts say.

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Black and White's AI programmer just won a Nobel prize: 'an incredible honor, it's the big one really'

Demis Hassabis, best-known for his work with DeepMind, is one of three recipients of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry.

LiveScience

2024 Nobel Prize in chemistry awarded to scientists who revealed a 'completely new world of protein structures'

David Baker, Demis Hassabis and John Jumper shared the Nobel prize in chemistry for work that revolutionized our understanding of protein structure.

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Machine learning cracked the protein-folding problem and won the 2024 Nobel Prize in chemistry

The 2024 Nobel Prize in chemistry recognized Demis Hassabis, John Jumper and David Baker for using machine learning to tackle one of biology’s biggest challenges: predicting the 3D shape of proteins and designing them from scratch.

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Nobel Winners Hope Protein Work Will Spur 'Incredible' Breakthroughs

The winners of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for work revealing the secrets of proteins through artificial intelligence said Wednesday they hoped their research would "open the door to many incredible scientific breakthroughs".

International Business Times

What Are Proteins Again? Nobel-winning Chemistry Explained

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded on Wednesday to three scientists who have help unravel some of the enduring secrets of proteins, the building blocks of life.

International Business Times

AI Steps Into Science Limelight With Nobel Wins

For long periods of its history, artificial intelligence has lurked in the hinterland of science, often unloved and unfunded -- but two Nobel prizes in one week suggest its time in the sunshine has finally arrived.

The Conversation

Google Deepmind founder shares Nobel prize in chemistry for AI that unlocks the shape of proteins

The 2024 Nobel prize in chemistry has been awarded to three scientists for their work on describing and predicting proteins with the help of computers. One half of the prize goes to David Baker from the University of Washington in the US “for computational protein design”, with the other half…

International Business Times

Demis Hassabis, From Chess Prodigy To Nobel-winning AI Pioneer

Long before Demis Hassabis pioneered artificial intelligence techniques to earn a Nobel prize, he was a master of board games.

The Guardian - UK

Demis Hassabis: from video game designer to Nobel prize winner

Google DeepMind chief believes in benefits of AI but says risks must be taken as seriously as the climate crisis

Fortune

Google DeepMind leaders Hassabis and Jumper win Nobel Prize for Chemistry

It's clear that 2024 is the year of AI breaking into the world's most prestigious scientific awards.

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