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Bookmark or Share- IBM WatsonIn 2011, IBM Watson defeated Brad Rutter and Ken Jennings in the Jeopardy! Challenge. To find and understand the clues in the questions, Watson compared possible answers by ranking its confidence in their accuracy, and responded — all in under three seconds.
- Watson, Jeopardy! champion - IBMThe correct question: “What is IBM Watson?” In a televised Jeopardy! contest viewed by millions in February 2011, IBM’s Watson DeepQA computer made history by defeating the TV quiz show’s two foremost all-time champions, Brad Rutter and Ken Jennings.
- IBM Watson - WikipediaOn February 28, 2011, Watson played an untelevised exhibition match of Jeopardy! against members of the United States House of Representatives. In the first round, Rush D. Holt, Jr. (D-NJ, a former Jeopardy! contestant), who was challenging the computer with Bill Cassidy (R-LA, later Senator from Louisiana), led with Watson in second place.
- How did supercomputer Watson beat Jeopardy champion Ken Jennings ...In 2004, this trivia enthusiast won an incredible 74 consecutive times on Jeopardy, setting the record as the classic game show’s most winning contestant and securing the Guinness World Record at the time for “most cash won on a game show.”
- IBM Watson: The inside story of how the Jeopardy-winning supercomputer ...IBM Watson wowed the tech industry and a corner of U.S. pop culture with its 2011 win against two of Jeopardy's greatest champions. Here's how IBM pulled it off and a look at what Watson's...
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