AlexNet Wins ImageNet

A deep convolutional neural network, AlexNet, developed by Alex Krizhevsky, Ilya Sutskever, and Geoffrey Hinton, dramatically won the ImageNet competition, showcasing the power of deep learning with GPUs.

Significance

This event fundamentally shifted the AI community's focus towards deep learning, proving its superior performance and catalyzing investment in both research and hardware, paving the way for frameworks like TensorFlow.