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# AI in 2012

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.
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## September 2012, 1 event (1 major, 1 historic)

Month page: https://postcutoff.com/timeline/2012/09/

- 2012-09-30: [AlexNet wins ImageNet challenge, igniting the deep learning boom](https://postcutoff.com/e/2012-09-30-alexnet/). Source: https://papers.nips.cc/paper/2012/hash/c399862d3b9d6b76c8436e924a68c45b-Abstract.html