It appears not even computers are immune from getting their proverbial 15 minutes of fame. In this case, the IBM (IBM) supercomputer Watson will get its chance to grab the spotlight later this month.

IBM has unveiled a computer that will match its wits against human contestants on the TV quiz show Jeopardy. David Ferrucci, an artificial intelligence researcher for IBM and project director of ...

Watson, IBM's "Jeopardy!" playing computer, is pushing analytics to new levels and has a future beyond TV games shows. The battle between man and machine opens a new chapter on Monday when an IBM ...

Like many people, I was amazed to watch IBM's Watson supercomputer playing Jeopardy this week against past human champions. But could Google have done the ...

IBM's Watson supercomputer---a Linux system that's powered by 10 refrigerator-sized racks of IBM Power 7 Systems---will get its big warm-up for its Jeopardy showdown with two former champions Ken ...

After Watson, the Jeopardy-playing computer, finishes its face-off this week, IBM says it's time to get down to business. By David Goldman , staff writer February 14, 2011: 4:19 PM ET ...

It will be man vs. machine part 2 on Jeopardy next month, and if Thursday’s friendly matchup was a sign of things to come, the humans are in trouble. Former Jeopardy champions Ken Jennings and ...

It appears not even computers are immune from getting their proverbial 15 minutes of fame. In this case, the IBM (IBM) supercomputer Watson will get its chance to grab the spotlight later this month.

IBM is pitting its natural language Watson supercomputer against two of the quiz show Jeopardy!’s biggest champion players in a $1 Million man v. machine challenge for the ages. Well, at least ...

On Thursday IBM demonstrated Watson, a computer consisting of a roomful of the company's Power7 processors -- sophisticated enough that it can understand language well enough to figure out the ...

In the end, however, the humans were no match for Watson, which won with a commanding lead of $77,147 after three days of Jeopardy play. Jennings took second place at $24,000 and Rutter was third ...

Users of the Internet community Reddit.com submitted a series of questions to the IBM team that designed the Jeopardy! robot, Watson. Below, see what they say about Watson’s struggles, their ...