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WASHINGTON (7News) — Do you remember Watson from Jeopardy? IBM’s Watson is all grown up now and the technology is being used behind the scenes for everything from sporting events to government.
When I was selected as one of the two human players to be pitted against IBM’s “Watson” supercomputer in a special man-vs.-machine Jeopardy! exhibition match, I felt honored, even heroic.
The days of IBM’s Watson supercomputer being satisfied with being a Jeopardy champion are over. IBM announced on Thursday that it is creating a cloud-based open platform for Watson that it hopes ...
In early 2011, Ken Jennings looked like humanity’s last hope. Watson, an artificial intelligence created by the tech giant IBM, had picked off lesser Jeopardy players before the show’s all ...
IBM’s artificial intelligence was supposed to transform industries and generate riches for the company. Neither has panned out. Now, IBM has settled on a humbler vision for Watson.
Critics say IBM executives overshot badly by allowing marketing messages to suggest that Watson’s Jeopardy! breakthrough meant it could break through on just about anything else. “The original ...
MarketWatch.com Watson won ‘Jeopardy,’ but IBM is not winning with artificial intelligence Big Blue’s sales are at a 15-year low, and Warren Buffett is scaling back his commitment to the stock ...
It’s impossible for doctors to know all.” Watson, on the other hand, can read 40 million documents in 15 seconds, according to IBM. It ingests digitized data and translates it into insights.
International Business Machines Corp is in an unusual fix in telling big U.S. banks they can use its Watson software of Jeopardy-winning fame as a cost-saving solution: bankers say they like it ...
By Olivia Oran NEW YORK (Reuters) - International Business Machines Corp is in an unusual fix in telling big U.S. banks they can use its Watson software of Jeopardy-winning fame as a cost-saving ...
The year was 2012, and IBM’s AI software Watson was in the midst of its heyday. Watson beat two of Jeopardy’s all-time champions a year earlier in 2011, and the world was stunned. It was the first ...