IBM Prevails in Case Over A.I. Technology That Won on Jeopardy!

International Business Machines Corp. beat breach of contract claims brought by Nuance Communications Inc. that accused the computer technology giant of wrongfully withholding key data from the Watson AI program that defeated two all-time champions on Jeopardy!.

Watson, the IBM-created computer, ran software called Deep QA to win on the quiz show. Prior to that public debut, IBM and Nuance had discussed how to use Deep QA to build technological solutions to business problems, and they signed a software license agreement in late 2010 so that Nuance could have all the tools needed to make a commercial application, including 10 ...