Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter competing against IBM Watson at a press conference at the IBM T.J. Watson Research Center on January ...

Science correspondent Miles O'Brien goes head-to-circuit board with IBM's computer Watson on the game show "Jeopardy!" to explore the limits of language and artificial intelligence for machines. Man ...

Succeeding as a contestant on "Jeopardy!" requires a breadth of knowledge that spans from ancient history to the latest pop culture. One might then think that the best contestants would be those who ...

When you’ve been hosting Jeopardy! for 26 years, as Alex Trebek has, you begin looking for new ways to amuse yourself. Back in 2001, for example, he shaved his mustache. In 2005, he decided not to ...

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — Enough with the fun and games. Watson is going to work. IBM’s supercomputer system, best known for trouncing the world’s best “Jeopardy!” players on TV, is being tapped by one of ...

Question: Who is the former New Jersey congressman who beat the computer that beat the all-time winner on the quiz show “Jeopardy?” That show is in the news lately because of the amazing run of ...

I read the other day that IBM plans on having a computer compete against human contestants on the TV show, “Jeopardy!” The claim is that if the computer beats people, it will be a big leap forward in ...

Remember Watson, the IBM computer that won on Jeopardy? Apparently, he’s broadening his skill set, and we are all doomed. As part of an effort to broaden Watson’s appeal, IBM has decided to have him ...

NEW YORK (AP) — The computer brained its human competition in Game 1 of the Man vs. Machine competition on 'Jeopardy!' On the 30-question game board, veteran 'Jeopardy!' champs Ken Jennings and Brad ...

The opponents have felt each other out and learned they are all fallible. Tonight (Feb. 16) the two humans and the computer who have competed in "Jeopardy!" meet one more time, with their combined ...

Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter competing against IBM Watson at a press conference at the IBM T.J. Watson Research Center on January 13, 2011, in Yorktown Heights, New York - Ben Hider/Getty Images At ...