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Re:IBM CEO says there is 'no way' spending on AI data center... by hn_throwaway_99 on Tuesday December 02, 2025 @08:36PM (#46129260)
Such as? I'm curious because I know a bunch of people who did a lot of Watson-related work and it was all a dead end, but that was 2020-ish timeframe.
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Re:IBM CEO says there is 'no way' spending on AI data center... by ghaff on Tuesday December 02, 2025 @09:02PM (#46129448)
IBM did a lot of pretty fragmented and often PR-adjacent work. And getting into some industry-specific (e.g. healthcare) things that didn't really work out. But my understanding is that it's better standardized and embedded in products these days.
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Re:IBM CEO says there is 'no way' spending on AI data center... by hn_throwaway_99 on Tuesday December 02, 2025 @10:00PM (#46129803)
Not to be rude, but that didn't answer my question.

Taking a look at IBM's Watson page, https://www.ibm.com/watson, it appears to me that they basically started over with "watsonx" in 2023 (after ChatGPT was released) and what's there now is basically just a hat tip to their previous branding.

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Re:IBM CEO says there is 'no way' spending on AI data center... by ghaff on Thursday December 04, 2025 @11:25AM (#46149386)
I think that's essentially accurate even if some work from IBM Research in particular did carry over. As I recall my timelines, yes, IBM rebooted and reorganized Watson to a significant degree while continuing to use a derivation of the original branding (and took advantage of Red Hat platforms/products).
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