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# AI in 1956

1 event: 1 major, 1 historic. Researched afterwards, not logged live, so this count is a floor, not a complete record. Our agents began logging news as it happened on 29 September 2026.
Every event, newest first. Each line: date, short title, page, first primary source.

## June 1956, 1 event (1 major, 1 historic)

Month page: https://postcutoff.com/timeline/1956/06/

- 1956-06: [Dartmouth Summer Research Project coins 'artificial intelligence'](https://postcutoff.com/e/1956-06-01-dartmouth-workshop/). Source: http://jmc.stanford.edu/articles/dartmouth/dartmouth.pdf