IBM will put its natural-language processing research to the test this fall, when its Watson supercomputer goes up against human players on "Jeopardy." Supercomputers have beaten world champions at ...

The FINANCIAL — ARMONK, N.Y. & CULVER CITY, Calif. – 29 Aug 2011: IBM and America’s Favorite Quiz show® Jeopardy! today announced that Jeopardy! will broadcast an encore presentation of the first-ever ...

We would call this contest man versus machine, but Ken Jennings is more superhero than man. The famed Jeopardy! winner, along with fellow champ Brad Rutter, will test his wits against IBM’s Watson ...

Most of the banter and gentle humor that usually pepper the popular quiz show was gone as the supercomputer dominated the game by beating the human opponents to the buzzer again and again. Ken ...

It's man versus machine on Jeopardy!, as two of the game show's most successful players compete against an IBM supercomputer four years in the making. Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter will take on the IBM ...

IBM is pitting its natural language Watson supercomputer against two of the quiz show Jeopardy!’s biggest champion players in a $1 Million man v. machine challenge for the ages. Well, at least it ...

Twelve years after an IBM supercomputer called Deep Blue defeated World Chess Champion Gary Kasparov, IBM's new Question Answering (QA) system code-named "Watson" promises to be the next round in the ...