The developers of a super computer that can think for itself, process data in seconds and even learn from its mistakes say it will revolutionise business on a global scale. <\/p>\n
IBM's computer, called Watson, shot to fame when it took out American quiz show Jeopardy in 2011. <\/p>\n
Now the company says the cloud-based technology is set to revolutionise the way companies interact with their customers. <\/p>\n
\"I think it's going to make a dramatic impact on government services, the finance sector, telecommunications, health care, pretty much every sector that we work in,\" IBM engineer Glen Wightwick said. <\/p>\n
The size of eight refrigerators, Watson is super smart, understanding human speech, crunching problems, understanding data and giving the best answer. <\/p>\n
John Gordon, the vice-president of IBM Watson Solutions, says it can also learn from its own mistakes within seconds. <\/p>\n
\"Just like you and I do, every time we go into different a situation with a good or bad result, it helps us inform what we're going to do next, so we use that with Watson so it can make decisions,\" he said. <\/p>\n
He says Watson is a new type of computer system and marks the beginning of an era of cognitive computing. <\/p>\n
\"In the past, where we used to program computers and teach them rules about how to work,\" Mr Gordon said. <\/p>\n
ANZ becomes one of the first to sign up <\/p>\n
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