IBM gave the world access to its “electronic brain”

According to the company's forecasts, the leading companies in the automotive industry, electronics, healthcare, insurance and industry will receive the greatest benefits from the new services. Photo: IBM

The American company IBM, one of the largest software makers, has decided to provide third-party companies with access to its artificial intelligence system. Watson.

IBM services will be available on the Watson IoT cloud platform for developing cognitive solutions for analyzing text, video files and images, as well as natural language processing and computer training.

The term "artificial intelligence" is neither synonymous with killer robots nor a technology of the future, but it helps identify the most important information among the general public - be it weather forecasts or discussions on social networks.

IBM's decision to open up its system will allow other companies and organizations to contribute their data for analysis into the giant electronic brain of the leading software manufacturer and supplier.

Computing on the trillions of networked and sensor devices and systems that make up the so-called “Internet of Things” will be carried out from the global headquarters of Watson Internet of Things (Watson IoT), which will be located in Munich. The creation of a center in Germany became the largest investment by American IBM in Europe in two decades.

The company predicts that the biggest beneficiaries of the new services will be leading enterprises in the automotive, electronics, healthcare, insurance and industrial sectors, which will have direct access to IBM's open cloud platform to test, develop and build the next generation of cognitive applications, services and solutions for " Internet of Things."

The Internet of Things refers to the concept of a computer network of physical objects equipped with built-in technologies to interact with each other or with the external environment. The organization of such networks is considered as a phenomenon that can restructure economic and social processes, as well as eliminating the need for human participation in some actions and operations. Today, more than 9 billion devices are connected to the Internet of Things in the world, which makes it possible to obtain new data.

“The Internet of Things will soon become the largest source of data on the planet. Despite this, today we do not use almost 90% of this data, says Harriet Green, head of Watson IoT and Education. “Watson’s unique ability to read information, draw conclusions, and learn on its own enables businesses, governments, and people to use this data in real time and compare it over time.”

The IBM service portfolio includes four families of the Watson cognitive system. For example, a natural language processing program (Natural Language Processing) allows users to interact with systems and devices using natural language. Thus, a conditional technician working with a mechanism can feel an unusual vibration and ask the system what its source is, and get the most accurate answer along with recommendations.