IBM's scientists have been given a whopping $3bn stack of cash to solve a problem that lurks not too far in our future.
That problem is the imminent breakdown in conventional chip operation and chip materials as we shrink transistor gates from today's 14nm process size to 10nm and 7nm.
IBM is rightfully exciting the facial recognition market, citing racial inequality and police technology reform.
AI isn't just winning at board games. Now it's learning the art of persuasion.
The tech industry today is overrun with devices with some form of the digital assistant. This is a market made popular by Amazon with its Alexa products, and now it seems as if IBM is moving to enter the market with Watson Assistant.
