IBM's putting its Jeopardy-playing supercomputer to work to help doctors treat diabetes, fight cancer and monitor pregnancy. IBM Watson Health this week said it'll begin a partnership with ...

It appears not even computers are immune from getting their proverbial 15 minutes of fame. Watson, with its 90 IBM Power 750 servers laced together, intones its answers with a robotic voice coming ...

After a three night marathon on the quiz show Jeopardy, Watson emerged victorious to win a $1million (£622,000) prize. The computer's competitors were two of the most successful players ever to have ...

IBM's supercomputer Watson is due to star in the upcoming Jeopardy episodes in February, pitched against the two most successful Jeopardy players, Brad Rutter and Ken Jennings. The bout between man ...

IBM's supercomputer Watson will be used to make decisions about cancer care in 14 hospitals in the US and Canada, it has been announced. Using computers to trawl through vast amounts of medical data ...

IBM has made its Watson supercomputer available for developers and retailers to use in analysing data streams. The Watson Personality Insights service can help sectors such as retail, banking and ...

This week, H&R Block (HRB) announced a partnership with IBM’s Watson artificial intelligence system, which the tax preparation company will be using to aid its employees file customers’ taxes. Even ...

A computer is being prepared to compete in the quiz show Jeopardy, and if its developers at IBM have their way, it could well become the next great contestant to beat. The computer, called Watson, ...

IBM's supercomputer Watson is being made available to businesses to answer tricky questions such as: "Which deals are most likely to close?" The cognitive platform can understand questions posed in ...