IBM's premiere artificial intelligence product, Watson, has just taken its first job in Japan.

You've probablyheard of Watson, IBM's super-intelligent supercomputer that dominated on Jeopardy! not too long ago. Turns out he's not a bad cook, either.

Watson, IBM's KenJennings-smirk-obliterating robot riddle-solver, is getting $1 billion and some new digs in the hopes that it can be brought to the masses.

Watson is dead. IBM’s Jeopardy-winning computer, whose calculations resided on a custom-built bank of servers roughly the size of a master bedroom, is no more. But Watson has descendants. They’re also called Watson, and they are legion...

Siri is helpful when you want to schedule a reminder or look at the forecast, but wouldn't it be better to have a bona fide Jeopardy! champ in your pocket? IBM is trying to figure out how to bring the power of its superbrainy Watson to smartphones, helping people answer far more complex questions.

The Yale Law Journal's Betsy Cooper wrote an essay examining our favorite Jeopardy! championrobot Watson, but from a new angle: Could Watson help judges make legal decisions?