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Watson (computer)
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Watson (computer)
Watson
is a
question answering
computer system capable of answering questions posed in
natural language
, developed in
IBM
's DeepQA project by a research team led by
principal investigator
David Ferrucci
. Watson was named after IBM's first CEO and industrialist
Thomas J. Watson
. The computer system was specifically developed to answer questions on the
quiz show
Jeopardy!
. In 2011, Watson competed on
Jeopardy!
against former winners
Brad Rutter
and
Ken Jennings
. Watson received the first place prize of $1 million.
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