Watson
System
Watson
Series
IBM
Venue
Yorktown Heights, New York
Date
February 16, 2011
Lab
IBM
Nickname
IBM Watson wins Jeopardy! against human champions
Researchers
Ken Jennings
Brad Rutter
David Ferrucci
Brad Rutter
David Ferrucci
IBM Watson wins Jeopardy! against human champions
IBM's Watson question-answering system defeated Jeopardy! champions Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter in a televised match that concluded on February 16, 2011. Watson parsed natural-language clues, searched a vast knowledge base, and buzzed in faster than its human rivals. It showcased major advances in open-domain natural-language question answering.
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