If you have seen any of the video of its preliminary bouts on Jeopardy! you know that IBM’s Watson computer is pretty amazing. One of the main reasons it turns out is that IBM enlisted the ...

In the book of corporate folklore, former IBM CEO Thomas Watson Jr. deserves a special spot. Specifically, the massive gamble he took in 1964 to introduce the System/360, which had the potential to ...

Open source software such as Lucene and Linux played a crucial role in IBM’s Jeopardy computer The software that helped IBM’s Watson computer reign victorious on the Jeopardy game show in February ...

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In context: With the surge of news and excitement surrounding AI, it appears that virtually every major tech company has either released or is on the verge of announcing their efforts in this ...

DENVER – IBM has purchased a small Denver startup as part of its effort to improve its Watson cognitive computing system. The technology giant announced the acquisition of AlchemyAPI on Wednesday but ...

ARMONK, N.Y. (AP) — IBM is paying $2.6 billion to buy Truven Health Analytics and bolster the health care capabilities of its Watson cognitive computing system. The Armonk, New York, company says the ...