Jeopardy champ Watson named 'person' of the year

The Associated Press

Posted: Jun 2, 2011 12:47 PM ET

Last Updated: Jun 2, 2011 2:23 PM ET

The Jeopardy-playing IBM computer Watson has been named person of the year by the Webby Awards. Seth Wenig/Associated Press

The "Jeopardy"-playing IBM computer Watson has been named person of the year by the Webby Awards.

The Webbys, which honour internet achievement, announced their special honorees Thursday.

The recently disbanded rock group LCD Soundsystem has been chosen artist of the year. The band presented their final concert at Madison Square Garden in a live webcast.

"It Gets Better Project" founder Dan Savage will be honoured for special achievement. Savage's online video campaign has urged young people to stand up to bullying against lesbian, bisexual, gay and transgender teens.

Director Adam McKay and Chris Henchy, co-founders of the comedy website FunnyOrDie, will be honoured as film and video person of the year.

Awards will be handed out June 13 at the 15th annual Webby Awards, hosted by Lisa Kudrow.

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