Watson in training. Image courtesy of IBM. The drama of this "man vs. machine" match gives our field a higher public profile and a jolt of credibility that will help us to promote a more effective way ...

Type Bill Gates’ name into Google and the search engine will eagerly suggest things you might want to know about him. His net worth? Book recommendations? Information about his house? This ...

Community Question Answering systems (CQA) are interactive online platforms that facilitate the exchange of knowledge by connecting individuals who seek answers with others who can provide them. These ...

A computer that can have a conversation with you in real, human language is a hallmark of science fiction films, but has always seemed ludicrously unrealistic. Here’s the thing: IBM just built one.

From the beginning of the digital age, we’ve looked to our computers for answers. Nowhere is this so evident as in the computer science discipline known as question answering, or QA. Overlapping the ...

The landscape of artificial intelligence is undergoing a significant transformation. As the capabilities of large language models grow, we are beginning to see a shift away from isolated ...