Professor Amnon Shashua and Dr. Demis Hassabis Named Laureates of the International Dan David Prize for Outstanding Contributions in the Field of Artificial Intelligence Intel Newsroom

The internationally renowned Dan David Prize, headquartered at Tel Aviv University, annually awards three prizes of $1 million each to globally inspiring individuals and organizations. The total purse of $3 million makes the prize not only one of the most prestigious, but also one of the highest-value prizes internationally. Laureates are selected on the basis of their outstanding achievements and contributions in the year's chosen fields, each representing a time category. This year's fields are Cultural Preservation and Revival (Past category), Gender Equality (Present category) and Artificial Intelligence (Future category). Professor Amnon Shashua, co-founder and CEO of Mobileye, and Dr. Demis Hassabis, co-founder and CEO of DeepMind, have been named the 2020 Dan David Prize laureates in the field of artificial intelligence (AI).