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The New X Prize Will Award $5 Million for Innovation in Artificial Intelligence
Teams will be asked to pick their own challenge in AI to address.
Three Thanksgiving Recipes from Watson, the Computer that Won Jeopardy
The best part about Thanksgiving is going home to all of the delicious food that's been cooked for you by a computer.
Artificial Intelligence Meets Its Latest Nemesis: Eighth Grade Science Questions
The Allen Institute launches a new contest that requires machines to use reasoning.
IBM's Watson Now Helps People Who Need a Supercomputer to Understand Memes
You know who these people are.
IBM's Watson Supercomputer Is Getting Into Fantasy Football
The supercomputer will coach you on how to fantasy sports better.
Paging Dr. Watson: IBM Supercomputer Gains Access to 30 Billion Medical Images
Your patient will see you now, supercomputer.
We Spoke To The Inventor of LIVINGSTON, The Artificially Intelligent Program That Creates Canadian Folk Songs
The man who created the artificially intelligent program that writes authentic Canadian folk songs spoke to us about his inspiration and whether or not he'd ever sell out.
Watson's 'Jeopardy!'-Winning Artificial Intelligence Is Now for Sale
Its game show winnings gone, IBM's Watson is turning tricks for cash.
Watson, the Jeopardy-Winning Computer, Will Help Doctors Fight Cancer with Data
Watson started medical school, so to speak, last fall when it started tackling different conditions with evidence-based medicine.
Ones and Zeros: Prosecutors Rejected Aaron Swartz's Plea Last Week, Beijing's Air, Lazy Astronauts
Our weekly roundup of the good, the bad, and the ugly on the 'net.
IBM Accidentally Taught Watson a Bunch of Bad Words
Silly hijinks aside, the episode does illustrate something really important about the differences between computers and humans.
The Double Helix was Discovered 59 Years Ago, but We Still Don't Know Who Did it
Consider every organism that's ever lived on Earth. From dinosaurs to bacteria, the number is near infinite, and overwhelming majority have their entire structures and lives dictated according to their DNA. The DNA molecule is life itself, and it's...