IBM begins beta testing to teach Watson more to combat cybercrime
FREDERICTON — Just seven months after IBM announced it would begin teaching its Watson computer system to fight cybercrime, the company is graduating Watson to the next level of instruction.
Caleb Barlow, vice-president of IBM Security, says 40 organizations will begin beta testing of the cognitive technology.
“The learning process is going well. Part of this is getting it out there to several beta customers including the University of New Brunswick, California State Polytechnic, Sun Life Financial, University of Rochester Medical Centres and others,” Barlow said in an interview.
Watson — IBM’s question answering computer system — was originally designed to compete (and win) on the television quiz show Jeopardy, but the technology has since been used on other problem-solving projects, from clothing design to cancer.