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Watson AI is Debatable

An AI system under development by IBM researchers seeks to move its Watson platform beyond chess matches and game shows, combining natural language processing (NLP), listening comprehension and the ability to model human Read more…

Data Science, ML Platform Leader Board Shuffled

A roster of technology hyper-scalers and a batch of up-and-comers make the latest rankings of the leading data science and AI and machine learning platforms. Market tracker Omdia’s list of AI and ML development plat Read more…

‘Social Contract’ Needed to Establish Trusted Data

With data emerging as the life blood of most industries, the emphasis has shifted from organizing and analyzing big data to finding ways to establish higher levels of trust in the torrent of data generated through custom Read more…

IBM Adds AI to Planning Analytics

Among the emerging enterprise applications for AI are cloud-based business intelligence tools that can be used to collect, organize and explore financial data, helping planners move beyond their beloved spread sheets to Read more…

IBM’s Watson Retreat Highlights AI Shortcomings

Amid reports of declining sales and growing skepticism about the utility of machine learning for complex medical research, IBM will reportedly end sales of its Watson AI software used by pharmaceutical firms for new drug Read more…

Inside IBM’s Rejiggered Watson Lineup

Think you know Watson? Think again, as IBM has made extensive changes to the lineup of AI and cognitive products and services that bears the name of its founder. Sumit Gupta, the VP of IBM's AI, machine learning, and HPC Read more…

IBM ‘DataWorks’ Leverages Watson, Spark

Project DataWorks, a new initiative launched this week by IBM to advance its analytics push, seeks to forge a cloud-based analytics platform that combines different data types with its Watson cognitive computing technolo Read more…

Healthcare Professionals Get Cognitive Sooner with Watson Health Financed by IBM

Perhaps more than any other, the healthcare industry is undergoing dramatic upheaval. Changes in reimbursement models, continued merger and acquisition activity, regulatory requirements, and the increased focus on qualit Read more…

IBM Watson, NBA Raptors Seek Data ‘Slam Dunk’

"With the [to be determined] pick in the first round of the 2016 NBA Draft, the Toronto Raptors—with the help of cognitive and analytics technology—select…." While it may not unfold that quickly, the professional b Read more…

Watson App Gives Big Data for Christmas

Holiday shopping anxiety? There's an app for that. IBM launched its Watson-based "Trend" app this week designed to keep users posted on what's selling this Christmas and why. Watson Trend was released in time for the Read more…

IBM Buys Weather Company, Forecasts Watson Expansion

IBM, which earlier in the week announced it was launching a new data analytics service with Twitter and the Weather Company, upped the ante on Wednesday (Oct. 28) when it disclosed it would acquire most of the latter's a Read more…

IBM Watson Learns Deeply, So You Don’t Have To

Advances in the field of cognitive computing are stacking up as researchers push the bounds of deep learning and related techniques like neural networks. But organizations won't have to wait years for these advances to b Read more…

Graph Analytics Startup Has Roots in IBM Watson

IBM Watson's 2011 victory on Jeopardy! was a watershed moment for artificial intelligence and ushered in a new age of cognitive computing for big data. But as powerful as Watson is with natural language processing, it's Read more…

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