Artificial intelligence computer system made by IBM
Not to be confused with IBM Watsonx, generative AI tool of IBM released in 2023.
For the IBM laboratory, see Thomas J. Watson Research Center.
IBM Watson
Operators
IBM
Location
Thomas J. Watson Research Center, New York, USA
Architecture
2,880 POWER7 processor threads
Memory
16 terabytes of RAM
Speed
80 teraFLOPS
Website
IBM Watson
IBM Watson is a computer system capable of answering questions posed in natural language.[1] It was developed as a part of IBM's DeepQA project by a research team, led by principal investigator David Ferrucci.[2] Watson was named after IBM's founder and first CEO, industrialist Thomas J. Watson.[3][4]
The computer system was initially developed to answer questions on the popular quiz show Jeopardy![5] and in 2011, the Watson computer system competed on Jeopardy! against champions Brad Rutter and Ken Jennings,[3][6] winning the first-place prize of 1 million USD.[7]
In February 2013, IBM announced that Watson's first commercial application would be for utilization management decisions in lung cancer treatment, at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York City, in conjunction with WellPoint (now Elevance Health).[8]
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^Loftus, Jack (April 26, 2009). "IBM Prepping 'Watson' Computer to Compete on Jeopardy!". Gizmodo. Archived from the original on July 31, 2017. Retrieved September 18, 2017.
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