Posts with tag "jeopardy"

Watson vs. the Humans: Who Won the 'Jeopardy' Challenge?

Posted Feb 16th 2011 at 09:50 PM by Tracey Harrington McCoy

After three highly publicized days of competition, IBM's supercomputer Watson was the big winner on 'Jeopardy's' contest of man vs. machine. Watson deftly defeated two of 'Jeopardy's' most famous human contestants: Brad Rutter, the highest money-earner in the game show's history, and Ken Jennings, the contestant with the longest streak of game wins. Watson's final winnings after the two-game ...

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Video: IBM's Artificial Intelligence Program Watson Competes on 'Jeopardy'

Posted Feb 15th 2011 at 12:25 AM by AOL TV Editors

IBM's artificial intelligence software took on a major challenge starting today, as it appeared alongside two of the best players ever on the 'Jeopardy' stage. It was a test of the program's abilities to respond to natural language questions and marked one of the final chapters in its journey toward completion. It took several years to get Watson to a point where it could answer questions ...

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Student Tops Ken Jennings' Record on 'Jeopardy!'

Posted Sep 15th 2010 at 06:40 AM by PopEater Staff

A University of Delaware graduate student who made a bold bet has become the biggest one-day winner in the history of the game show 'Jeopardy!' Roger Craig earned $77,000 on Tuesday's telecast. He beat the $75,000 standard set more than six years ago by legendary 'Jeopardy!' champ Ken Jennings. Craig finished the first two rounds of the game with $47,000 and bet $30,000 on the Final Jeopardy ...

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Alex Trebek's Adventures In Auto-Tuning On 'Jeopardy'

Posted Jun 24th 2010 at 11:30 AM by Steven Avalos

America's favorite televised battle of wits, 'Jeopardy,' has seen plenty of changes over the years. From set makeovers and inflations in prize money (clues started at just $10 in 1964) to, of course, host Alex Trebek's endlessly polarizing decision to shave off his historic mustache, it seems we'd seen it all from the little quiz show that could. But last night, Trebek introduced an intriguing new ...

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'Jeopardy!' Contestant Violates Rules, Appears Twice

Posted Oct 16th 2009 at 09:38 AM by PopEater Staff

When contestant Jeff Kirby appeared on 'Jeopardy!' this week, loyal fans poured out to reveal he was cast twice, violating the rules of the game show. He first appeared on 'Jeopardy!' show in 1999, and under the rules, contestants are not permitted to appear again without an invitation. Yet on Monday, Kirby was back on the air. Although he finished third, the show took back his $1,000 consolation ...