On Wikipedia, find the English article for 'Artificial intelligence'. Identify the year AI was established as an academic discipline and the primary reasons for the significant increase in AI funding and interest observed after 2012. State both findings.
Navigate to wikipedia.org. If the page is not in English, switch the language to English. Search for 'Artificial intelligence' in the search bar. Open the 'Artificial intelligence' article. Read the article to find the year AI was founded as an academic discipline. Identify the primary reasons for increased AI funding and interest after 2012. State the founding year and the reasons for increased interest post-2012.
Successfully navigate to the 'Artificial intelligence' article in English. Identify that Artificial Intelligence was founded as an academic discipline in 1956. Identify that funding and interest vastly increased after 2012 due to Graphics Processing Units (GPU) being used to accelerate neural networks, and Deep learning outperforming previous AI techniques. State both the founding year and the reasons for increased interest post-2012 in the final answer.