The Smartest Computer in the World Also Has the Dirtiest Mouth
We already knew Ken Jennings thought IBM’s Jeopardy-winning supercomputer was a dick, but he’s not alone. Developers at IBM were forced to wipe part of Watson’s memory once they realized their...
View ArticleSupercomputer “Dr.” Watson Is Now Seeing Patients
Everybody’s favourite clue-guessing computer Watson was always destined for more than just trouncing meatbags on Jeopardy. And though it spent a little of its time just hanging out and learning how to...
View ArticleWatson and Crick Discovered DNA 60 Years Ago Today
On the morning of February 28th, 1953, two men quietly made history in the Cavendish Laboratory of Cambridge University. Sixty years ago today, Watson and Crick discovered DNA — and changed the face of...
View ArticleIBM’s Watson Got a Job as a Pastry Chef
Super computer Watson can crush puny humans at Jeopardy. It can do a pretty bang-up job as a doctor. It can swear up a storm. Two of those aren’t easy for a normal person, but that’s not enough for...
View ArticleIBM’s Incredible Watson Has a Boring New Job Answering Phones
After you’ve used your crazy robot intellect to crush puny meatbags definitively in a game of Jeopardy, it would seem like the world is your oyster. But Watson’s not taking trying to take over the...
View ArticleIBM Is Running Its Brain Computer On “Electronic Blood”
As part of what we can only assume is preparation for some very intense mad scientist Halloween costumes, IBM has announced a prototype computer that is both powered and cooled by an electrolyte...
View ArticleWatson Is Going To Be Open For Public Use on the Cloud
Watson was always going to be more than just a successful game show contestant. Now, the computer is about to take on anything and everything, as it opens itself up to the public on the cloud. IBM has...
View ArticleIBM’s Watson is Now the Size of Three Pizza Boxes–It’s Also a Billionaire
IBM just put the pedal to the metal on Watson’s crawl towards relevance. The company just announced a billion dollar investment, giving the supercomputer its own business division as well as an office...
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