IBM is adding new smarts to its Watson artificial intelligence system, including the ability to scour photos on social networks to see what you’ve been up to. Watson began life as a hardware ...

IBM Watson is a data analytics processor that leverages natural language processing to help industries such as healthcare, finance, retail and more make better business decisions. IBM Watson is ...

Today, IBM is making its own wager. In January, the company funneled about $1 billion into a new business unit dedicated to selling the software behind Watson, rebranding it from a sci-fi novelty ...

While Watson will run on both Power and X86 systems, there is a performance benefit to running on IBM’s Power-based systems, and in AI, performance matters.

Critics say IBM executives overshot badly by allowing marketing messages to suggest that Watson’s Jeopardy! breakthrough meant it could break through on just about anything else. “The original ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Watson defeated the two biggest ‘Jeopardy’ winners of all time ...

IBM’s artificial intelligence was supposed to transform industries and generate riches for the company. Neither has panned out. Now, IBM has settled on a humbler vision for Watson.

IBM fed Watson a trove of data on existing dishes so it could learn flavor interactions, food chemical compositions, nutritional information, and cultural preferences.

IBM super computer Watson came away victorious during Jeopardy Wednesday, but not before the game show’s former champions Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter rallied a formidable defense. In the end ...

IBM unveiled a partnership with DBS, one of Asia's largest banks, to have Watson analyze financial research and help deliver personalized investment advice. Related story: New BlackBerry CEO may ...

Watson, IBM's natural language-understanding supercomputer, now comes with an impressive new feature. When asked to discuss any topic, it can autonomously scan its knowledge database for relevant ...

As Joe Palca reported, IBM first began to test the supercomputer's food talents in 2012.Computer scientists gave it a database of recipes that were already being used successfully. "Then we remix ...