General Electric said on Tuesday it has acquired two tech startups to build its artificial intelligence capability. GE said the acquisitions of Bit Stew Systems and Wise.io will expand its Predix platform for industrial internet applications, which connects big machines such as power plants to databases and analytical software. Terms of the deals weren't disclosed.

A branch of artificial intelligence, machine learning allows computers to adapt to new data without new programming.

IBM Watson business is among the better known artificial intelligence systems, which enable computers to perform intelligent actions such as recognizing voices and making decisions.