IBM Watson's benefits for business

IBM Watson

Although the initial grand challenge for IBM's Watson was to beat human players at Jeopardy, the business applications for a cloud-based cognitive computing platform are broad and many. Dale Lane, advisory software engineer on the Watson core development team, highlights the key benefits that Watson can bring to business.

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