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Jeopardy! has a new superstar in its midst as Scott Riccardi emerges as the latest champ, ending a long drought. The 25-year-old engineer has been on a hot streak since defeating Jason Singer on July ...
Motley Fool said IBM is the best quantum computing stock to buy right now. While most people do not understand the quantum ...
In 2011, IBM’s Watson system squared off against two human champions, Brad Rutter and Ken Jennings, on the game show Jeopardy! It beat them both so handily that for his final response Jennings ...
It’s a good bet that winning a game show isn’t often on the list of top priorities at large companies. So how was it that building a robot to do just that became a prime focus at IBM? Harvard ...
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 ...
How IBM's cognitive computing technology displayed on Jeopardy can assist sports organizations in helping players and staff.
Chalk up another victory for machines. An IBM supercomputer intellectually overpowered its two human rivals on Tuesday's highly anticipated broadcast of the TV game show, Jeopardy. In the second ...
In February, Watson, IBM’s cognitive computing system, marked its five-year anniversary of defeating two Jeopardy! champions. “We were mainly interested in using Jeopardy! as a playing field ...
His prediction was correct, as Watson racked up over $77,000 in winnings over three days, nearly doubling Jennings' total and earning a $1-million grand prize which IBM donated to charity.
While IBM has been doing a good job of squeezing more profit out of every dollar of revenue, the challenge now for current CEO Virginia Rometty is to develop businesses that are both profitable ...