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IBM fights Congress over Watson

Watson, an artificial intelligence technology that IBM wants to sell to help doctors diagnose diseases, will largely escape the oversight of regulators if the computer giant wins a two-year Washington lobbying push.

By Anna Edney | Updated on January 29, 2015
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(Bloomberg) — Watson, an artificial intelligence technology that IBM wants to sell to help doctors diagnose diseases, will largely escape the oversight of regulators if the computer giant wins a two-year Washington lobbying push.

International Business Machines Corp.’s argument to Congress is that its supercomputer, famed for victory on quiz show “Jeopardy!,” isn’t a medical device like a cardiac pacemaker and shouldn’t need lengthy clinical trials to prove it’s safe and effective. A draft bill released Tuesday backs that position, and could speed the use of Watson and other so- called decision support technologies.

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