IBM's Watson AI could soon be in devices from PCs to robots, thanks to Project Intu

IBM's Project Intu is an experimental framework to help developers equip devices with Watson's AI features. IBM has released tools for developers to plug its Watson artificial intelligence into any device or thing, from robots to walls. Its latest effort to get Watson in the hands of developers is Project Intu, an experimental framework to help developers equip devices more easily with Watson's conversation, language and visual-recognition services. IBM wants developers to use Intu to add so-called cognitive capabilities to machines, such as getting them to understand questions and gestures, or for example, monitor the weather and the time of day. The company has released software developer kits for Intu on GitHub and its Intu gateway, offering the tools to build Watson features for any platform, including Raspberry Pi, Windows, Linux and macOS.