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.

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Watson can now help security analysts parse thousands of natural language research reports. IBM Watson, Big Blue's artificial intelligence (AI) platform, keeps on learning with the smart platform now well versed in cyber security. Watson for Cyber Security can now help security analysts parse thousands of natural language research reports which were previously not possible. It is claimed to be the industry's first augmented intelligence technology designed to power cognitive security operation centres (SOCs). The company said that for the past year, Watson has been trained on the language of cyber security and has studied more than one million security documents.

Data is growing at an astounding rate. Even the smartest humans could never consume all of the constantly generated data. New tools and solutions are helping companies connect and analyze internal, external and publicly available data to power decision-making across teams. This infographic series takes a deeper look at today's data landscape and how it is impacting industries including banking, telecom and manufacturing. What opportunities are you missing out on by not being more data-driven?

But what need does Watson fill here?

IBM Watson has a new job: Cybersecurity specialist. At the RSA Conference…IBM announced the availability of Watson for Cyber Security, with the aim of assisting cybersecurity professionals with threat assessment and mitigation…The company said it is the industry's first augmented intelligence technology with the ability to power cognitive security operations centers (SOCs). But what need does Watson fill here?

Case-based reasoning addresses new problems by remembering and adapting solutions previously used to solve similar problems. Pulled by the increasing number of applications and pushed by a growing interest in memory intensive techniques, research on case-based reasoning appears to be gaining momentum. In this article, we briefly summarize recent developments in research on case-based reasoning based partly on the recent Twenty Fourth International Conference on Case-Based Reasoning.

Artificial intelligence has been a dream in technology ever since Alan Turing first wrote his seminal paper, Computing Machinery and Intelligence, Now, thanks to advances in hardware power and algorithm design, AI is a growth industry – and it has no shortage of vocal advocates. These are some of the most vocal and influential leaders working on artificial intelligence, robotics, chat bots, virtual reality, the ethics of autonomous software and vehicles and more. Organizes the London.AI meet up and the annual Playfair AI Summit. Thanks to all who kicked off discussion on the back of my piece on "6 areas of #AI/ML to watch closely" Keep going! Designs intelligent systems into working AI systems to help understand natural intelligence.

If it wasn't already clear that AI-powered voice assistants are ready for the workplace, it is now. IBM is not only launching Watson for Cybersecurity, a cognitive computing service that parses legions of security reports to extract relevant info, but is unveiling an experimental voice helper to go along with it. Havyn lets digital defense experts ask for threat updates and recommended solutions when it would otherwise be too time-consuming. If security analysts are already hip-deep in work, they don't have to sidetrack themselves with a new research path when Havyn can produce a useful answer in seconds. The combo could be particularly helpful given Watson's depth.

PubNub BLOCKS enables you to process your data mid-stream, to execute functions on your data in motion. This is huge, because you no longer need to spin up and manage new servers to run a simple function. It's all done in the network. That's why we say that PubNub is a programmable network. IBM Watson is a powerful technology that brings cognition to applications, with the ability to understand, reason, learn, and interact. I like to say it gives your application a brain, extending the capabilities of your application beyond simply interacting through a set of rules.