IBM’s Watson does healthcare: Data as the foundation for cognitive systems for population health

Watson is IBM's big bet on AI, and healthcare is a prime domain for present and future applications. We take an inside look at Watson, why and how it can benefit healthcare, and what kind of data is used by whom in this process.
Read More →Open for business: How public data in private places works for AWS, publishers and users

Most people know Amazon Web Services as the biggest player in the cloud, but not as many know that AWS is also big on open data and onto a business model that can help everyone get value out of it. Jed Sundwall, AWS Global Open Data Lead, discusses.
Read More →Samsung’s acquisition of Viv brings up questions about massive-scale AI

The war for mainstream AI dominance is raging. The latest episode was last week's announcement of Samsung acquiring Viv, a hitherto under the radar startup working on building the next Siri. We take the opportunity to ponder on questions related to massive-scale AI.
Read More →To the cloud, big data sisters and brothers, to the cloud

While reports of big data's death have been greatly exaggerated, the skepticism is not unwarranted. The cloud may have some of the answers, but it won't solve all of big data's problems.
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