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IBM Wants to See Your Watson Mobile Apps
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IBM has announced its Watson Mobile Developer Challenge for mobile software developers to create applications that use its Watson cognitive computing platform on mobile devices. At the end of the three-month competition, IBM will select three winning apps for further marketing and development, but winners will not be required to release their products under the IBM brand.
IBM fellow Jerry Cuomo says one developer is considering using Watson in retail as a way to do advanced product recommendations that explain the reasoning behind similar purchases, while another is thinking of an app that a doctor could use to determine which treatment option might be most appropriate. However, IBM hopes developers will think of novel and unanticipated uses for Watson. "The more you put something out, the broader you make it, the less boundaries you put on it, the more open innovation you have — the more things you wouldn't expect," Cuomo says.
In addition, IBM hopes the competition will speed feedback from Watson developers, so IBM can ensure it has appropriate and useful Watson APIs.
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