Jeopardy Watson

'Jeopardy!'-Winning Supercomputer May Be Next WebMD

AP | By JIM FITZGERALD | Posted 07.21.2011

YORKTOWN, N.Y. -- Some guy in his pajamas, home sick with bronchitis and complaining online about it, could soon be contributing to a digital collecti...

Congressman Conquers 'Watson' On 'Jeopardy!'

The Huffington Post | Nick Wing | Posted 05.25.2011

Rep. Rush Holt (D-N.J.) did Monday night what two of the most renowned champions of "Jeopardy!" couldn't -- he conquered "Watson," an IBM supercomput...

Watson Is No Match for Humanity

John Maeda | Posted 05.25.2011

John Maeda

The computer is smart as us, and dumb as us.

WATCH: 'Jeopardy's' Watson Replaces Andy On Conan

Posted 05.25.2011

After completely dominating his human competition for two nights in a row on Jeopardy, IBM supercomputer Watson has become a national sensation. In f...

WATCH: Watson's Final Jeopardy Blunder

The Huffington Post | Craig Kanalley | Posted 05.25.2011

It was all Watson in Day 2 of the Jeopardy IBM Challenge, until Final Jeopardy anyway. The category was "U.S. Cities" and the clue was: "Its largest a...

`Jeopardy!': Computer CRUSHES Competition

AP | FRAZIER MOORE | Posted 05.25.2011

NEW YORK — The computer brained its human competition in Game 1 of the Man vs. Machine competition on "Jeopardy!" On the 30-question game board...

'Jeopardy!' Pits Man Against Computer In Round 1

AP | FRAZIER MOORE | Posted 05.25.2011

NEW YORK — In the "Jeopardy!" battle of man vs. machine, man and machine were neck-and-neck on Monday. Human player Brad Rutter and the superco...

WATCH: The 'Jeopardy' Robot's Untold Game Show History

Posted 05.25.2011

Tonight, IBM's trivia-crushing computer Watson will make its "Jeopardy" debut, and Slate has put together this highly entertaining mockumentary style ...

Today Jeopardy, Tomorrow the World

Seth Shostak | Posted 05.25.2011

Seth Shostak

I strongly suspect Homo sapiens is about to be replaced, and we're inventing our successors. As a sideshow in this development, an IBM computer will be crossing swords with two humans this week on Jeopardy.