Geoffrey Hinton, whose share of the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics amounts to <a data-evt-val="{&quot;control_fields&quot;: {&quot;mparticle&quot;: {&quot;keys&quot;: {&quot;click_source_type&quot;: &quot;click_source_type&quot;, &quot;anchor_text&quot;: &quot;anchor_text&quot;, &quot;target_url&quot;: &quot;target_url&quot;, &quot;layout_section&quot;: &quot;layout_section&quot;}, &quot;mp_event_type&quot;: &quot;Navigation&quot;, &quot;extra_keys&quot;: [&quot;click_vertical_position_percentage&quot;, &quot;click_vertical_position_pixels&quot;]}}, &quot;click_source_type&quot;: &quot;in-page link&quot;, &quot;anchor_text&quot;: &quot;about $700,000 Canadian&quot;, &quot;target_url&quot;: &quot;https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/about/the-nobel-prize-amounts/&quot;, &quot;layout_section&quot;: &quot;in-page-link&quot;}" data-evt="click" data-evt-typ="click" href="https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/about/the-nobel-prize-amounts/">about $700,000 Canadian</a>, has donated half of his prize money to Water First, an organization that works with First Nations communities to solve their water crises.

Hinton revealed the news during a press conference following the Hinton Lectures, a two-part presentation on the future of artificial intelligence, in Toronto this week.

He'd planned to help a group in Africa. And then his partner said: 'Well, what about Canada?'{ai:summary}<p>Geoffrey Hinton has donated half of his $700,000 Canadian Nobel Prize in Physics to Water First, which addresses water crises in First Nations communities. He announced this during a press conference after the Hinton Lectures on artificial intelligence in Toronto.</p><p>#society</p>

Geoffrey Hinton gave half his Nobel prize to a group helping First Nations with water issues

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