Just over five years ago, IBM’s Watson supercomputer crushed opponents in the televised quiz show Jeopardy. It was hard to foresee then, but artificial intelligence is now permeating our daily lives.

IBM plans to introduce technologies from its Watson computer, which beat humans on the game show “Jeopardy,” for information-discovery use in enterprises. The company hopes that Watson’s underlying ...

Remember the date. Because February 16, 2011, may likely go down in history as the day that human intelligence was surpassed -- or at least matched -- by the intelligence of computers and software ...

Open source software such as Lucene and Linux played a crucial role in IBM’s Jeopardy computer The software that helped IBM’s Watson computer reign victorious on the Jeopardy game show in February ...

Science correspondent Miles O'Brien goes head-to-circuit board with IBM's computer Watson on the game show "Jeopardy!" to explore the limits of language and artificial intelligence for machines. Man ...

Some guy in his pajamas, home sick with bronchitis and complaining online about it, could soon be contributing to a digital collection of medical information designed to help speed diagnoses and ...

International Business Machines Corp.’s Watson computer, which beat champions of the quiz show “Jeopardy!” a year ago, will soon be advising Wall Street on risks, portfolios and clients. Citigroup Inc ...

Wrapping up a three-day run on the Jeopardy game show, IBM’s Watson computer has beaten two former champions in a historic match of man versus machine. The run has successfully demonstrated not only ...

IBM plans to introduce technologies from its Watson computer, which beat humans on the game show “Jeopardy,” for information-discovery use in enterprises. The company hopes that Watson’s underlying ...