{
  "id": 4826673,
  "title": "Did you know the term 'Artificial Intelligence' was coined 71 years ago?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/did-you-know-the-term-artificial-intelligence-was-coined-71-years-ago",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-09-01T08:48:52.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Hindustan Times - World News",
    "slug": "hindustan-times-world-news",
    "url": "https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/did-you-know-the-term-artificial-intelligence-was-coined-71-years-ago-101788250584293.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The term \"Artificial Intelligence\" was first used in 1955 by computer scientist John McCarthy during a research project at Dartmouth College. McCarthy co-authored the proposal with Marvin L. Minsky, Nathaniel Rochester, and Claude E. Shannon. The idea was to simulate human intelligence in machines, exploring areas such as language processing, abstraction, problem-solving, and self-improvement. The researchers aimed to break down intelligence into components that could be mimicked by a machine. This concept had been discussed earlier, notably in Alan Turing's 1950 paper \"Computing Machinery and Intelligence,\" where he proposed the \"Imitation Game\" to determine a machine's ability to imitate human behavior. The Dartmouth Summer Research Project officially marked the beginning of AI as a field of research, focusing on understanding fundamental aspects of human cognition like learning and reasoning.",
  "summary": "The term “Artificial Intelligence” was coined by computer scientist in 1955, when he used it in a proposal for a summer research project at Dartmouth College.",
  "key_points": [
    "Term \"Artificial Intelligence\" coined in 1955",
    "Coined by John McCarthy at Dartmouth College",
    "Aimed to simulate human intelligence in machines"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}