The finals of its highly publicized “Jeopardy” tournament found IBM’s “Watson” computer system handily winning with a total of $77,147 — upwards of $50,000 more than the sums amassed by Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter, its grand champion adversaries. Watson’s $1 million grand prize will be split equally between World Vision, a community development, disaster relief and advocacy organization, and the World Community Grid, a public computing grid that tackles beneficial projects such as HIV/AIDS treatments, cancer research and affordable water purification. Both charities were designated by IBM.
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IBM's Watson Finds 'Jeopardy' Elementary
Posted by: Charles King February 22, 2011 05:00 AMThe finals of its highly publicized “Jeopardy” tournament found IBM’s “Watson” computer system handily winning with a total of $77,147 — upwards of $50,000 more than the sums amassed by Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter, its grand champion adversaries. Watson’s $1 million grand prize will be split equally between World Vision, a community development, disaster relief and advocacy organization, and the World Community Grid, a public computing grid that tackles beneficial projects such as HIV/AIDS treatments, cancer research and affordable water purification. Both charities were designated by IBM.