https://www.scmp.com/rss/522479/feed The latest news and top stories on Geoffrey Hinton, a British-Canadian cognitive psychologist and computer scientist. Widely known as the “Godfather of AI“, he is University Professor Emeritus at the University of Toronto and Chief Scientific Advisor at the Vector Institute. Formerly a Google vice president, he resigned to speak freely on AI risks. Hinton’s pioneering work on artificial neural networks, deep learning and the backpropagation algorithm revolutionised speech recognition and object... en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com SCMP SCMP Catch up on some 2025 entries in Open Questions, SCMP’s series of in-depth interviews with global opinion leaders. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. ‘Delusional’: Jeffrey Sachs on why Western hegemony has ended American economist sees China as key to the global energy transition to zero-carbon energy, especially in markets outside US and Europe. 2. Ex-diplomat Kerry Brown on how Trump ‘stunned’ China with his ‘lack of caution’ King’s College, London... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3337325/how-trump-stunned-china-why-western-hegemony-has-ended-12-key-interviews-2025?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3337325/how-trump-stunned-china-why-western-hegemony-has-ended-12-key-interviews-2025?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 27 Dec 2025 07:00:09 +0000 Ann Cao,Ben Jiang Ann Cao,Ben Jiang Rapid advances in artificial intelligence (AI) pose questions about whether computers will be able to match – or even surpass – human ability, and how people will be able to retain control of systems vastly smarter than themselves. The first key tipping point will be the arrival of artificial general intelligence (AGI), where machines match human intelligence and possess the ability to perform any intellectual task that a person can do, such as reasoning, learning and adapting across diverse... https://www.scmp.com/plus/article/3336173/china-chases-superintelligent-ai-without-sci-fi-movie-risks?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/plus/article/3336173/china-chases-superintelligent-ai-without-sci-fi-movie-risks?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 12 Dec 2025 05:18:32 +0000 Reuters Reuters Yann LeCun, one of the founding figures of modern artificial intelligence and a pivotal force at Meta Platforms, said on Wednesday he plans to leave the company at the end of the year to launch a new AI start-up. LeCun has been a key part of Meta’s AI ambitions for more than a decade. He joined the company in 2013 to create Facebook AI Research (FAIR), the in-house lab that helped transform Meta into one of the AI leaders. Over 12 years, he served five as FAIR’s founding director and seven as... https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/article/3333470/yann-lecun-leaving-meta-launch-ai-start-focused-advanced-machine-intelligence?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/article/3333470/yann-lecun-leaving-meta-launch-ai-start-focused-advanced-machine-intelligence?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 20 Nov 2025 01:41:06 +0000 Brian P. Klein Brian P. Klein Warning signs are flashing from experts, entrepreneurs and workers concerned that automation is coming for a wide range of information-oriented jobs. What ordinarily would be just another boom-bust cycle fuelled by computer-generated efficiency, a typewriter to keyboard type of evolution, is this time threatening to overturn the basic social contract between employers and employees. Unless and until this is taken seriously by policymakers, the modern middle class risks becoming a relic of... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/world-opinion/article/3333190/will-ai-kill-middle-class?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/world-opinion/article/3333190/will-ai-kill-middle-class?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 20 Nov 2025 01:30:10 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press Prince Harry and his wife Meghan have joined prominent computer scientists, economists, artists, evangelical Christian leaders and American conservative commentators Steve Bannon and Glenn Beck to call for a ban on AI “superintelligence” that threatens humanity. The letter, released on Wednesday by a politically and geographically diverse group of public figures, is squarely aimed at tech giants like Google, OpenAI and Meta Platforms that are racing each other to build a form of artificial... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3329970/prince-harry-meghan-richard-branson-urge-halt-ai-superintelligence-race?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3329970/prince-harry-meghan-richard-branson-urge-halt-ai-superintelligence-race?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 22 Oct 2025 11:55:52 +0000 Jack Ilmonen Jack Ilmonen In the global race for artificial intelligence (AI), nations rightly chase cutting-edge technologies, big data and data centres heavy with graphics processing units (GPUs). But thought leaders including OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and institutions from the Federation of American Scientists to China’s Ministry of Education are urging investment in educator training and AI literacy for all citizens. They argue for a more human-centred AI strategy. Having taught AI and data analytics in China, I have... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/world-opinion/article/3325364/global-ai-war-will-be-won-key-arena-education-and-training?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/world-opinion/article/3325364/global-ai-war-will-be-won-key-arena-education-and-training?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 16 Sep 2025 21:30:08 +0000 SCMP SCMP Catch up on some of SCMP’s biggest China stories of the day. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. 6 takeaways from Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit opening Chinese President Xi Jinping called on members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) to uphold international fairness and justice while pursuing mutually beneficial economic and cultural cooperation. 2. China’s yuan could strengthen to 7 per US dollar as Fed sends dovish signals The... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3323927/takeaways-sco-summit-opening-chinas-advanced-drones-scmp-daily-highlights?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3323927/takeaways-sco-summit-opening-chinas-advanced-drones-scmp-daily-highlights?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 01 Sep 2025 13:15:07 +0000 Josephine Ma Josephine Ma Geoffrey Hinton is a British-Canadian computer scientist often called the “godfather of AI” because of his revolutionary neural network models inspired by the structure of the human brain. His research brought about a paradigm shift that enabled today’s machine learning technology. He won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics with John J. Hopfield of Princeton University. Hinton holds the title of university professor emeritus at the University of Toronto. A company he co-founded with two graduate... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3323824/geoffrey-hinton-preventing-ai-takeover-and-very-worrying-china-us-tech-race?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3323824/geoffrey-hinton-preventing-ai-takeover-and-very-worrying-china-us-tech-race?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 31 Aug 2025 22:00:24 +0000 Josephine Ma Josephine Ma Geoffrey Hinton has been dubbed the “godfather of AI” because of his revolutionary neural network models, which were inspired by the structure of the human brain. He shared the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics “for foundational discoveries and inventions that enable machine learning with artificial neural networks.” Hinton quit Google in 2023 to speak freely about the risks posed by AI. He joined the technology giant’s AI research team, Google Brain, a decade earlier through the acquisition of a... https://www.scmp.com/plus/article/3323440/godfather-ai-hinton-making-computers-care-about-humans?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/plus/article/3323440/godfather-ai-hinton-making-computers-care-about-humans?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 28 Aug 2025 07:00:12 +0000 Jeffrey Wu Jeffrey Wu Within days of each other, the world’s two artificial intelligence (AI) superpowers unveiled duelling blueprints for the future. The United States released its sweeping AI Action Plan, calling for deregulation, semiconductor expansion and “full-stack” AI export packages to allies. Days later, China put forth its proposal at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai: a global AI governance body open to the Global South, a push for open-source collaboration and a subtle rebuke of AI... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/china-opinion/article/3321520/how-china-seeks-distribute-ai-while-us-only-wants-dominate?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/china-opinion/article/3321520/how-china-seeks-distribute-ai-while-us-only-wants-dominate?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 13 Aug 2025 08:30:10 +0000 Ann Cao,Wency Chen Ann Cao,Wency Chen Shanghai will host its eighth annual flagship artificial intelligence (AI) conference this weekend as China ramps up competition against the US for supremacy in the fast-developing technology. The three-day World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC), with the theme of “Global Solidarity in the AI Era”, will kick off on Saturday with an opening keynote from Premier Li Qiang, who also headlined last year’s event. A high-level meeting on global AI governance will be held in tandem with the... https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3319607/shanghai-conference-sets-stage-us-china-face-heated-race-ai-supremacy?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3319607/shanghai-conference-sets-stage-us-china-face-heated-race-ai-supremacy?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 25 Jul 2025 10:00:16 +0000