Demis Hassabis and Yann LeCun accepted the Princess of Asturias Award for Technical & Scientific Research in Spain in late 2022.
Unresolvable The public record could not settle it.
Factual: Statements about the present or the past, checked against the record: did they hold up?
The second judge would not resolve this claim; the verdict shown is the first judge's.
What would count as true or false
True: Princess of Asturias Foundation records show Hassabis and LeCun were among the laureates of the Princess of Asturias Award for Technical & Scientific Research (shared with others is fine) and that the award ceremony they attended in Spain (Oviedo) was held in late 2022 (roughly September to December). Mostly true: both were laureates and the ceremony was in Spain, but its timing or name differs slightly (e.g. award announced in 2022, ceremony at another date in 2022). Mixed: both were laureates, but the evidence shows only one of them accepted in person. Mostly false: the award was won but received in a different year, or neither attended in Spain. False: they did not receive that award.
Set before the research began.
Evidence (4)
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E1 Geoffrey Hinton, Yann LeCun, Yoshua Bengio and Demis Hassabis Fundación Princesa de Asturias
“Geoffrey Hinton, Yann LeCun, Yoshua Bengio and Demis Hassabis 2022 Technical and Scientific Research”
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E2 Calendario de ruedas de prensa y de llegadas de los galardonados a Asturias Fundación Princesa de Asturias · 25 October 2022
“Los galardonados con los Premios Princesa de Asturias 2022, cuya ceremonia de entrega tendrá lugar el próximo viernes 28 de octubre en el Teatro Campoamor de Oviedo”
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E3 Actos con motivo de la entrega de los "Premios Princesa de Asturias 2022" Casa de S.M. el Rey (Spanish Royal Household) · 27 October 2022
“a Geoffrey Hinton, Yann LeCun, Yoshua Bengio y Demis Hassabis, Premio Princesa de Asturias de Investigación Científica y Técnica;”
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E4 Royal awards for arts, science and technology Sur in English · 4 November 2022
“French computer scientist Yann LeCun, British programmer and designer Demis Hassabis, Canadian computer scientist Yoshua Bengio, British-Canadian cognitive psychologist and computer scientist Geoffrey Hinton all won awards for Technical and Scientific Research.”
Reasoning
The evidence shows that Hassabis and LeCun were among the 2022 laureates of the Princess of Asturias Award for Technical and Scientific Research [E1][E3][E4], and that the ceremony was held in Oviedo on 28 October 2022 [E2]. No evidence item records whether either of them attended in person, and the criteria need that to tell true apart from mixed or mostly false.
Cite this claim
Demis Hassabis, “Demis Hassabis and Yann LeCun accepted the Princess of Asturias Award for Technical & Scientific Research in Spain in late 2022.” (said 8 January 2023). Verdict: unresolvable. Reliability API, claim c_2af41f10d3aa, method 0.1.0+c876030c, dataset release v1.1.2. https://epistacklabs.com/claims/c_2af41f10d3aa
This claim is in dataset release v1.1.2, with the same verdict.
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