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Kngine. Search the Data Web - Sindice. Siri. Endeca. Wolfram. Alpha to See Dramatic Functionality Enhancements. Posted by Most of our users are aware that we release a new version of Wolfram|Alpha every week.

Alpha to See Dramatic Functionality Enhancements

Each version includes countless changes—including regular data updates to hundreds of sources, improvements to our natural-language parser and other core frameworks, and completely new areas of coverage. This blog usually focuses on new datasets and functionality, and if you’ve been reading it recently, you know we’ve made some huge additions in just the last couple of months. We’ve introduced our own unique spin on NFL statistics. Watson. This is the Watson Web interface for searching ontologies and semantic documents using keywords.

Watson

This interface is subject to frequent evolutions and improvements. If you want to share your opinion, suggest improvement or comment on the results, don't hesitate to contact us... At the moment, you can enter a set of keywords (e.g. "cat dog old_lady"), and obtain a list of URIs of semantic documents in which the keywords appear as identifiers or in literals of classes, properties, and individuals. IBM's Watson wins Jeopardy practice round: Can humans hang? IBM's Watson supercomputer won a practice round against Jeopardy champions Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter and raised a lot of questions about the capabilities of artificial intelligence.

IBM's Watson wins Jeopardy practice round: Can humans hang?

Watson, a four-year effort by IBM, was quicker on the draw, didn't fall prey to emotion and had a voice that could be confused for wayward computer Hal 9000 from the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey. For IBM, Watson is about tackling verticals and bringing hardware and analytics to the fore.