There’s an interesting article in USA Today this week about how IBM approach to its Watson division led to it playing a critical role in making big data less unwieldy, supporting digital health startups and becoming a resource for the healthcare industry. Not bad for a computer brain that got its start as a Jeopardy contestant.
Mike Rhodin, who heads up IBM Watson, did the interview from the University of Michigan where he was scheduled to speak to a couple of entrepreneur groups. He noted that the freedom the Watson team had within IBM was key.
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