Watson — это question-answering computer system IBM, разработанная в рамках проекта DeepQA для ответа на natural language questions. Она исторически значима для ИИ, поскольку продемонстрировала advanced retrieval, ranking и language-processing capabilities в публичном соревновании.
A question-answering computer system capable of answering questions posed in natural language, developed in IBM's DeepQA project by a research team led by principal investigator David Ferrucci. Watson was named after IBM's first CEO, industrialist Thomas J. Watson.