IBM rolls out many new roles for its Watson supercomputing service

They include solutions for marketing and commerce, an intelligent chatbot builder, integration with iOS apps, and video analysis.

Barry Levine on October 27, 2016 at 11:24 am

IBM’s supercomputer Watson is adding many new capabilities to its resume, following a truckload of announcements this week.

There are new packages of services for specific industries, including marketing, commerce, supply chain management and HR, adding to previously-released solutions for financial services, regulatory compliance and education. There’s also a new service for building and launching virtual agents, and another for intelligent analysis of video.

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Barry Levine

Barry Levine covers marketing technology for Third Door Media. Previously, he covered this space as a Senior Writer for VentureBeat, and he has written about these and other tech subjects for such publications as CMSWire and NewsFactor. He founded and led the web site/unit at PBS station Thirteen/WNET; worked as an online Senior Producer/writer for Viacom; created a successful interactive game, PLAY IT BY EAR: The First CD Game; founded and led an independent film showcase, CENTER SCREEN, based at Harvard and M.I.T.; and served over five years as a consultant to the M.I.T. Media Lab. You can find him at LinkedIn, and on Twitter at xBarryLevine.