Watson will reach a billion consumers next year — IBM CEO

In other words, the auto will push ads in your face when you’re most likely to buy something when it launches in 2017.

Also, both firms will work together on a chronic disease management system combining IBM’s cognitive computing capabilities with Teva’s therapeutic technology.

The new cognitive mobility platform enables brands to design Watson-enabled consumer experiences.

“Users will no longer toggle between communications tools and resources to resolve an issue, as the bot centralises trouble-shooting in one channel”, said Slack in a press release. This week the online messaging app announced a partnership with IBM (IBM) to incorporate its Watson program into the service. A repurposing approach to drug discovery and development aims to streamline the time- and cost-intensive process of bringing new therapies to market, which can take the industry up to 20 years and cost in excess of $2.5 billion.

Together, the companies are creating software tools meant to make it easier for coders to enhance Slack with Watson’s capabilities.

Deborah DiSanso, general manager for IBM Watson Health distilled the situation by stating, “We are at an unprecedented time in health care”. The plugin will be made available on Github for easy access. The companies will also offer an Application Starter Kit to help developers get started building on the Slack platform. Watson is the IBM technology once used to defeat humans on the quiz show “Jeopardy”. “We have a Search Learning and Intelligence division, which is working on ways to leverage AI and machine learning in Slack”, explains Blystone, such as identifying which messages are the most important, or pinpointing a subject matter expert in an organization. But here it taps into Watson Personality Insights and Watson Conversation APIs to study our patterns and make predictions and recommendations about what you may want to do-or should do. The new platform will support the services from the IBM Cloud, allowing users to collaborate remotely on data projects.

About 17,000 people attended this week’s IBM World of Watson conference. Watson continuously learns from previous interactions, gaining in value and knowledge over time. Watson now has been trained in 20 industries.

The IBM Watson Data Platform is a revolutionary system capable of providing enhanced data solutions to companies and businesses.

The companies point out that as many as 400 million people worldwide are expected to suffer from some sort of chronic disease by the year 2025.