IBM Watson wants to give you health advice from your local CVS

IBM's ultra-smart super-computer, Watson, seems to be everywhere these days. From helping robots understand Chinese to offering cooking advice and protecting the world from offensive and ineffectual emails. Now Watson is coming to your neighborhood drugstore.

No, you will not see a giant blue computer behind the counter at your local CVS, but you may feel its influence. On Thursday, IBM and CVS Health announced a major partnership to bring Watson's cognitive-computing capabilities to the retail drugstore giant's 7,600 stores and 1,000 walk-in clinics. CVS estimates that its services touch some 70 million consumers. Scheduled for an early 2016 rollout, this new system will target chronic medical conditions like heart disease, diabetes and obesity. Read more...