5 Things To Know About IBM Watson On AWS, Azure, Google

IBM Corp. is becoming more open-minded with a revenue-driving bid to "democratize" access to artificial intelligence. Big Blue will open its previously proprietary Watson AI platform to competing cloud computing services including rivals Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud Platform. The IBM Watson Anywhere initiative will allow a new portable version of IBM's cognitive platform to run on any cloud -- whether it's private, public or a hybrid multi-cloud -- in addition to IBM Cloud, the company announced Tuesday. IBM did not announce a time frame for the Watson Anywhere rollout. "This will be the most open, scalable AI for business in the world," CEO Ginni Rometty said at IBM's Think 2019 conference in San Francisco.