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I wouldn't discount IBM so quickly- to my understanding IBM's been partnering with a lot of institutions to beef up Watson. I know Carnegie Mellon was quite involved through the whole Jeopardy showcase (I even got to watch him school contestants from local universities in Pittsburgh).

What's to say better software and algorithms won't be developed as a result of IBM's push to find new use cases for Watson? The article goes into great detail about how Watson has already contributed to the current AI landscape. I for one love that IBM's relocating Watson to a university where students will get to interface with the machine.

Haters gonna hate.