IBM Watson takes on cybercrime with new cloud-based cybersecurity technology — from techrepublic.com by Conner Forrest
Eight universities have begun a year-long initiative to train IBM Watson for work in cybersecurity. Will the Jeopardy champ soon police the internet?

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On Tuesday, IBM announced that Watson, its cognitive computing system (and former Jeopardy champion), will be spending the next year training for a new job—fighting cybercrime.

Watson for Cyber Security is a cloud-based version of IBM’s cognitive computing tools that will be the result of a one-year-long research project that is starting in the fall. Students and faculty from eight universities will participate in the research and train Watson to better understand how to detect potential threats.

 

 

Addendum on 5/12/16: