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Modern AI owes its rise to a historic $7,500 investment in 1956

In 1956, the Rockefeller Foundation funded a conference at Dartmouth with $7,500, marking the beginning of AI research.

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Four mathematicians laid the groundwork for modern artificial intelligence.

This investment is considered the first in AI history.

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Cet événement historique rappelle les origines modestes de l'IA, aujourd'hui au cœur des transformations technologiques mondiales.

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