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How IBM plans to destroy Google

Thu, 04/30/2009 - 03:01 - NLN

Big Blue has created a software program called "Watson" that professes to understand and synthesize plain-language queries fast enough to compete with human contestants on the quiz show.

The showdown is not yet scheduled, but plans are already underway to ship a Blue Gene supercomputer to Los Angeles for the contest, The New York Times reports. Among the potential challengers for Watson is former Jeopardy! champion Ken Jennings, who earned worldwide acclaim by winning on the show 74 consecutive times.

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