IBM’s New Watson Centre Merges Blockchain With AI
IBM today opened an incubator where 5,000 computer scientists will work to build rapid prototypes using the company’s blockchain and Watson AI tools for businesses in the Asian-Pacific region. Called the Watson Centre at Marina Bay in Singapore, the incubator will also house Singapore’s IBM Garage, which will specialize in building blockchain applications using the company’s Open Standards tools. IBM Asia Pacific’s chairman and CEO, Randy Walker, described the operation in a statement: "Watson and blockchain are two technologies that will rapidly change the way we live and work, and....
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IBM is currently attempting to merge artificial intelligence and the blockchain into a single, powerful prototype. With blockchain tech's promise of near-frictionless value exchange and artificial intelligence’s ability to accelerate the analysis of massive amounts of data, the joining of the two could mark the beginning of an entirely new paradigm. Over the past three months, IBM’s chief architect in charge of Internet of Things security Tim Hahn has focused specifically on introducing the blockchain to his company’s artificially intelligent computer named Watson. Hahn told CoinDesk:....
IBM has announced the opening of a new office for blockchain coders in a New York City neighborhood better known for its art galleries and boutique stores than for computer programmers. Headquartered in the SoHo offices of Galvanize, the workspace is the latest of IBM’s Bluemix Garages, physical workshopping destinations that provide a venue for its technology consulting services. The opening comes amid a broad push by the company to expand its expertise in the blockchain industry. Earlier this month, IBM announced the massive Watson Centre at Marina Boy in Singapore. Designed to house....
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