[CNN has launched an app that makes its content available for users of the Magic Leap One augmented reality headset, as reported in this story from Next Reality; see the original version for 2 animated gifs and a 0:40 minute video (also available via YouTube). Two short excerpts from other coverage, providing additional information and cautionary notes, follow below. –Matthew] CNN Brings Its News Networks to Magic Leap One By Tommy Palladino February 28, 2019 News junkies who own the Magic Leap One received some good news on Thursday, as CNN has published an app for the headset to display…

[Check out some of the new websites linked in this CNN story to see how AI is making it increasingly difficult to separate fake from real. See the original story for a 1:37 minute video and a second image, and see coverage in SecurityIntelligence for a warning about how this technology poses a serious threat to biometric security. –Matthew] These people do not exist. Why websites are churning out fake images of people (and cats) By Rachel Metz February 28, 2019 San Francisco (CNN Business) – The young girl on the computer screen is adorable, with rosy cheeks, blue-gray eyes,…

[Creating virtual assistants that can evoke effective medium-as-social-actor presence currently requires a lot of  manual work by ‘conversational designers,’ but a new system will help automate the process, as described in this ZDNet story. See the original version for a second image and a 1:03 minute video. –Matthew] Nuance’s Project Pathfinder uses AI to build smarter virtual assistants Companies with large amounts of live chat and call centre transcripts should be able to replace laborious conversation-design processes with Nuance’s upcoming automated tool. By Charles McLellan for Product Central February 6, 2019 Conversational AI specialist Nuance has announced a new project…