IBM Watson Hosts Workshop for Startups and Nashville Software School Students

Ally Schneider is a modern day ambassador between humanity and technology, and - with the help of cognitive system IBM Watson, she's working to bridge the gap between intelligences artificial and non. Recently, IBM Watson visited the EC to speak with various startups in our community like IQuity Labs and EvidenceCare, and also hosted the Nashville Software School that included building a facial recognition app during the 201 developer workshop. Schneider and her ecosystem team travel around the country to teach others about the innovative future of artificial intelligence and the uses and features of IBM Watson. The IBM Watson team spoke to NSS on the usefulness of the Watson's application program interfaces, service additions that allow external developers to build tools and content using Watson, too. As just one example, entrepreneurial ventures can employ the personality and sights and tones analyzer, Schneider said, which look at people's written word choices and create a personality or tone based on the writing.