2011 CE
Watson wins at Jeopardy!
Artificial intelligence · Language
IBM’s Watson won a televised competition against Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter. It combined language processing and answer evaluation, demonstrating progress on open questions within bounded rules and a defined domain.
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- 2026-09-20
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- 2023-12-18
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- 2026-09-23
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- 2026-09-20
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