Items tagged with jeopardy

by Michael Santo - Thu, Feb 17, 2011

Watson Wins Three-Day Jeopardy Event And A Cool $1 Million

Colossus (from the film "Colossus: The Forbin Project") and Skynet would be proud. IBM's Watson bested its human competition on Jeopardy easily, as it won the second game of the two game, three day event, adding to its total from its earlier game one win to take home the grand prize of $1 million. Watson finished with $77,147, with Ken Jennings... Read more...

by Paul Lilly - Wed, Feb 16, 2011

IBM's Watson Puts Game Face On, Wins Jeopardy by Wide Margin

Sorry humans, but it's time to welcome your new robot overlords. After last night's airing of Jeopardy, it's only a matter of time before our gadgets turn against us, perhaps led by Watson or some other equally intelligent creation. You see, Watson is the name given to IBM's supercomputer, which proved both faster and... Read more...

by Ray Willington - Mon, Jan 17, 2011

IBM's Watson Supercomputer To Compete On Jeopardy Game Show

A game show with two award winners, a famed host, and a supercomputer as a contestant. What is Jeopardy? That's actually correct. Next month, Jeopardy will air a series of episodes with just two human contestants, and one human host. Brad Rutter, Alex Trebek and Ken Jennings will be joined by a rather unusual opponent and guest, an IBM-built... Read more...

by Ray Willington - Sat, Jun 19, 2010

IBM's "Watson" Supercomputer to Compete on Jeopardy!, Ready For Primetime

Wow, it's actually happening. If you'll recall, reports were flying last year that IBM's supercomputer, a guy by the name of Watson, would one day appear on one of the most famed game shows in the history of television: Jeopardy!. After two years of development and another year of tweaking, Watson is now starring in a... Read more...

by Shawn Oliver - Mon, Apr 27, 2009

IBM's Watson To Compete On Jeopardy! Game Show

We know it's cliché, but really, what will they think up next? Just last month, researchers at IBM developed a supercomputer that could track some of the oldest English words to ever be uttered, and now another powerful machine will be tasked with taking on some of the quickest minds this planet has to offer... on one of America's most adored... Read more...

by Daniel A. Begun - Wed, Aug 06, 2008

Electronic Privacy in Jeopardy

According to the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), a dangerous legal precedent has just been set that can potentially unravel existing federal privacy protections for e-mail and Internet usage. The alert from the EFF is not just to sound a general warning, but it also takes the form of an Amicus curiae (friend of the court) brief, filed... Read more...