Artificial intelligence computer system made by IBM
This article is about IBM's QA machine revealed in 2011. For generative AI tool released in 2023, see
IBM Watsonx .
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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