IBM's Watson may be most famous for winning at the game show "Jeopardy!" In a room at IBM offices, software developers and business customers can query the famous computer and see a demonstration of its work as a research partner in fields ranging from land use to medicine. The room itself has a display wall on one side and a touch screen in the center and near the window. In a recent demonstration of how the machine approaches search queries, Rachel Liddell, a "Watson Experience Leader," used the central touch screen to search through a series of TED talks. As she touched the screen to look up lectures on human psychology, Watson created a set of associated topics, such as "education," and touching one of those words generated more specific topics that appeared in the talk.

BARCELONA, Spain--IBM has come up with a way to show off the more artistic side of its artificial intelligence capabilities while honoring one of Spain's most famous architects. For this year's Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, IBM tasked its Watson super computer with the understanding Antoni Gaudí's greatest works such as La Pedrera and la Sagrada Família to help create a unique sculpture for the annual trade show. Using its visual-recognition technology, Watson reviewed hundreds of images of Gaudí's buildings, along with additional examples of local architecture to understand trends in composition and inspirations. IBM then tapped Watson's AlchemyLanguage software to read documents about Gaudí and other architects, along with song lyrics and other documents about the city's history and culture. "What we were really trying to do at the essence was figure out if we can programmatically start to understand what the features of a particular style or architect are," said Jeff Arn, a Watson manager at IBM. Watson identified key elements of Gaudí's Catalan modernist style--known for its dream-like colors and shapes and odes to the natural world.

You hear about it every day, no matter what industry you work in. However, most of us have yet to truly interact with it, to experience the full potential it offers beyond AI assistants that order us pizza or recommend movies. We see its big-industry impacts in healthcare and Silicon Valley, but when will experts across all industries have a chance to get their hands on this technology? This is why when I got the opportunity as an architect to create a thinking sculpture for Mobile World Congress with IBM Watson, I couldn't say no. Architectural design has always been my passion, and I've always been intrigued by technology.

The adoption and application of Artificial Intelligence (AI) continues to accelerate at an exponential rate in modern businesses. As referenced in the 2017 Tech Trend Report, AI is nearing completion of the next layer in technological advancement, integrated into everything individuals and organizations do. This trajectory is predicted to drive cumulative worldwide spending of $40.6 billion on AI projects by 2024 – according to Raconteur. This is expected to create mass opportunity for the pioneering businesses currently investing in AI development. Moving beyond the hype in existing media coverage, this post will uncover the reality behind what AI means for businesses today, in the near future, and beyond 2017.

It was one of those amazing "we're living in the future" moments. In an October 2013 press release, IBM declared that MD Anderson, the cancer center that is part of the University of Texas, "is using the IBM Watson cognitive computing system for its mission to eradicate cancer." Well, now that future is past. The partnership between IBM and one of the world's top cancer research institutions is falling apart. The project is on hold, MD Anderson confirms, and has been since late last year.

In our world of high expectations and ever expanding data on individuals and brands, mastering this data and transforming it into valuable insights to inspire our human connections has become essential for brands. Take a minute and think about this: How do your customers perceive your brand? Is your brand "shy" online and only speaks when spoken to? Or is your brand overly enthusiastic and always waving its hands in your customers' inboxes and social feeds? Is your brand a captivating conversationalist that encourages interaction or one that's a little socially awkward or a little too forced?

As a reader of Seeking Alpha, I've seen several posts about IBM's (NYSE:IBM) Watson Artificial Intelligence technology and how Watson is an important differentiator that will drive IBM's growth in coming years. You can read such posts here, here and here. Unfortunately for IBM, these SA writer conclusions appear to me to be precisely wrong. I fear Watson is already a major failure for Big Blue. First, let's set the scene.

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If there was any doubt that IBM is committed to developing the internet of things, its opening of a new 15,000sqm headquarters in Munich surely clears it. In the pipeline for almost two years, the German HQ – IBM's first ever outside of the US – didn't come cheap, and the brand wants you to know it. "The biggest investment we've made in years" or even "decades" were phrases banded around the opening press conference, as was the $200m price tag. Inside offers up more than 25 floors of collaborative space for both IBM workers and its partners. But towering above the Munich skyline, the building also acts as a warning to the global tech industry that the IT behemoth is readying to own the Internet of Things space in the same way it has allowed Watson to near-dominate the AI conversation.