We have all heard, if not aware of IBM's cognitive system, Watson. It enables a link between people and computers enabling them to partner mutually. In order to strengthen this symbiotic relationship between human and a computer, IBM has come up with Watson Conversations. This application helps to deploy messaging platform on any device by using natural language algorithms. The best part about this app is, one need not be conversant in technology but few simple clicks can build, test and deploy bots across messaging platforms, physical robots or even mobile devices.

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.

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.

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?

Many question answering systems have primarily focused on factoid questions. These systems require the answers to be explicitly stored in a knowledge base (KB) but due to this requirement, they fail to answer many questions for which the answers cannot be pre-formulated. This paper presents a question answering system which aims at answering non-factoid questions in the DIY domain using logic-based reasoning. Specifically, the system uses Answer Set Programming to derive an answer by combining various types of knowledge such as domain and commonsense knowledge. We showcase the system by answering one specific type of questions -- questions about alternatives. The evaluation result shows that our logic-based reasoning together with the KB (constructed from texts using Information Extraction) significantly improves the user experience.

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?