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Impressed by the work IBM Watson was doing for The University of Kansas Cancer Center, H&R Block Inc. CEO Bill Cobb put in a phone call to see whether Watson’s technology could help revolutionize tax preparation.
IBM Watson is a data analytics processor with built-in cognitive functions designed to help humans make better-informed decisions. Watson gained fame by beating human beings on “Jeopardy!” Then it was put to work digesting information from every clinical trial around the globe to…