Nobel Prize committee ’doesn’t want to miss out on AI’ — critics cry foul as Google researchers dominate science awards

The Nobel Prizes awarded to Google-affiliated artificial intelligence researchers this year have raised questions about the company’s research dominance in the field. The prestigious awards have also ignited discussions on Big Tech’s monopoly and the need to recognise breakthroughs in computer science and mathematics.

A computer scientist and advisor on AI to the United Nations, Professor Dame Wendy Hall said while the recipients’ work deserved recognition, the lack of a Nobel prize for mathematics or computer science had distorted the outcome, reported Reuters.