IBM’s Watson, a supercomputer designed for artificial intelligence, isn’t just good at answering Jeopardy questions — it’s also smart at diagnostic medicine and creating new recipes.
The company is positioning Watson as a smarter successor to Siri, Apple's popular (but often ditzy) iPhone virtual assistant.
IBM’s Watson supercomputer — and champion of trivia game Jeopardy! — is headed to hospitals to help doctors quickly register a patient’s complaints and symptoms and diagnose problems.
That means a patient could walk into a hospital and tell the …
Now that IBM’s Watson computer has defeated human champions at Jeopardy, the company has even bigger plans for its future, according to David Ferrucci, who leads the Watson research team.
I had a chance to interview Ferrucci at a press …
IBM’s Watson supercomputer might have crushed the puny likes of Jeopardy! champions Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter, but it was no match for former physicist and New Jersey congressman Rush Holt.
Surprisingly, the win had nothing to do with Holt’s …
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The war is over, and humanity has ceded its crown as the master of trivia to IBM’s Watson supercomputer.
Now the team responsible for the humanity’s downfall in Jeopardy is ready to answer questions as to how — and why …
IBM is basking in the glow of the victory of its Watson supercomputer over the Jeopardy TV show’s best human players.
But watching the supercomputer answer questions during the three nights of the Jeopardy shows was puzzling to a lot …
There’s no rest for the weary cyberbrain. IBM’s Watson supercomputer, which soundly trounced its human competitors after a three-night Jeopardy competition, will be bringing its talents to the health care industry, thanks to a new research partnership announced today with …
The machines are taking over! IBM’s Watson supercomputer soundly defeated its human opponents in the final round of man vs. machine on the Jeopardy TV show.
The computer defeated Jeopardy champions Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter, after a three-night tournament …
After tying for first place last night, IBM’s Watson supercomputer trounced its human competitors tonight in the conclusion of the first round of its Jeopardy challenge.
Watson ended the night with $35,754, while former human Jeopardy champs Brad Rutter and …
In a classic battle of man vs. machine on Jeopardy tonight, it was a tie.
Human competitor Brad Ruttner tied with Watson, a supercomputer created by IBM. Another human rival, Ken Jennings, isn’t far behind in the first of a …
Earlier today we gave you the run down on IBM’s Watson AI supercomputer, and now we have video of our would-be conqueror’s test match with two top Jeopardy players.
IBM only demonstrated a few minutes of the test match, but …
Today, for the first time ever, IBM demonstrated its Watson artificial intelligence supercomputer at a press conference at IBM Research’s Worldwide Headquarters in Yorktown Heights, New York.
IBM brought in top Jeopardy contestants Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter for a …
