IBM isn’t resting on its laurels as the newly-crowned second-most valuable technology company in the world.
Big Blue is working hard to make sure that the next decade is its biggest yet in computing advances, with projects in the works to create the world’s most powerful supercomputer and one with the same number of nodes as the human brain.
“Computer systems are becoming more bioinspired,” said John Kelly, IBM’s senior vice president and director of research at a briefing on Capitol Hill Tuesday.
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.