When Humans Lose, They Win
Tales From The IBM Playground

From our chess champion, Deep Blue, to our more recent Jeopardy! superstar, Watson, IBM Researchers love demonstrating and exploring the endless possibilities of technology through man vs. machine Grand Challenges. Now, in 2014, machine competitors are no big deal, but in 1997, when Deep Blue beat the greatest chess champion in the world, millions were in awe. A little playing around foreshadowed a world in which massive database searches would be commonplace.

10 years ago