International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE:IBM) is harnessing Watson in an effort to give it more capabilities. For the first time, the Watson platform will be used at a sporting event, in this case a golf tournament. Given the difficulties of capturing the best shots at such an event, Watson will be tasked with the identification of the best shots at The Masters golf tournament.
Basically, the more golfers who are playing multiple rounds, the more hours are spent to televise the footage. Hence the use of the Watson platform comes in handy. The new development comes at a time when many organizations are turning to the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) with its popularity growing by the day.
The development of Cognitive Highlights application by IBM Research and IBM iX
The application is designed in a way that it auto-curates an individual’s shot highlights from live video streams. The move has its benefits, which include the acceleration of video production process and this is expected to be a big win for the media and entertainment industries. Among other things, the Watson technology is able to advise a TV broadcast producer while giving them a baseline highlight package they can work with.
But even with its new progress IBM is not done yet
The company has new and experimental services for developers who wish to interact with financial models on its cloud platform, Bluemix. They will access a quick connection into the data and analytical capabilities required to build cognitive-enabled financial apps.
The new services known as IBM Instrument Analytics will also help developers play around with would-be behaviors of certain financial assets the likes of cash flows. The use of these capabilities is based on a wide range of investment which includes both straightforward and more complex assets in custody of large institutions.
Bluemix stormed the market with a bang and has rapidly grown becoming one of the largest open and public cloud deployments in the world. It is said to have not less than 150 tools and services, which are spread out across various categories of cognitive intelligence.
In the meantime, IMB’s stock closed at $174.52 an increase of $0.02 or 0.01%.