IBM is finally sending its Watson computer out into the working world. The supercomputer system is best known for trouncing the world’s best “Jeopardy!” players on TV. But now one of the nation’s largest health insurers is hiring it to help diagnose medical problems and authorize treatments. The insurer, WellPoint Inc., says Watson is a […]
‘Jeopardy!’-winning computer delving into medicine
Some fellow in his pajamas, home sick with bronchitis and complaining online about it, could soon be contributing to a digital collection of medical information designed to help speed diagnoses and treatments. A doctor who is helping to prepare IBM’s Watson computer system for work as a medical tool says such blog entries may be […]