If you haven't seen HBO's "Westworld" then… eh, actually honestly, it's a toss up, it's up to you. Personally I think they over promised and under delivered, BUT it's worth talking about because they went over some amazing concepts. For those who haven't seen the show at all, Westworld is essentially a theme park for the ultra rich in which they live out their deepest fantasies in a wild west world populated with "people" who they can … "interact" with in which ever manner they wish. The "people" are actually human replicas made in a lab with a complex AI brain and a persona written for their character in the park, like a bartender or sherif. These replicas appear to be so human like, it is difficult or impossible to tell who is real from the AI.

Were you eagerly awaiting Minecraft movie's May 2019 release? You'll need to make a change of plans. Director and co-writer Rob McElhenney has informed TheWrap that the originally slated debut is "not happening" as he's leaving the project. It's not clear why he's departing or who will replace him as director. However, Warner Bros. is asking Aaron and Adam Nee (both working on Masters of the Universe) to draft a new script. The production shuffle is bound to create significant delays for the movie.

Now and then, a painter like Claude Monet or Pablo Picasso comes along and turns the art world on its head. They invent new aesthetic styles, forging movements such as impressionism or abstract expressionism. But could the next big shake-up be the work of a machine? An artificial intelligence has been developed that produces images in unconventional styles – and much of its output has already been given the thumbs up by members of the public. The idea is to make art that is "novel, but not too novel", says Marian Mazzone, an art historian at the College of Charleston in South Carolina who worked on the system.

Donald Staar from VeriFlix explains how machine learning is enabling rapid authentication and verification of user-generated video clips to help combat fake news. It's not fake news that something must be done to stop the spread of false information in our media streams. Multiple efforts have been made to rectify the problem, including methods that detect doctoring in pre-existing videos. Inherently that's a hard problem to solve, as everyday hackers find new ways to edit content in nearly invisible ways. Left up to technology to identify, this creates a cat and mouse game where we're constantly on the defence, training computers to spot only known hacks until the next one is discovered.

The new AI capabilities will allow iHeartRadio to revolutionize its digital music service by creating a listening experience that mimics the polished production of live radio. The new integration brings the best of live broadcast radio to digital streaming music by delivering flawless song transitions, including precise crossfades, volume leveling and truly gapless playback to iHeartRadio's listeners. "Radio DJs and programmers have mastered the art of segueing music to create beautiful transitions from song to song, maintaining the desired energy and mood of the listening experience that more than a quarter of a billion live radio listeners have grown accustomed to hearing," said Chris Williams, Chief Product Officer for iHeartRadio. "Creating transitions that are unique to each individual song combination is not an easy task, and with the billions of potential song combinations available on our platform and new ones coming every day, it was impossible to scale this by hand. Working together with Super Hi-Fi we have made the impossible, possible, and we are excited to share this new listening experience with our listeners."

With a bottom-up approach, beginning with the end user and working up to the headend, the media industry can reduce abandonment, increase engagement, improve repeat viewership and protect brands, writes Ted Korte of Qligent. The phrase'content is king' can no longer stand on its own. With the expansion of digital media and IP-based channels, the world is becoming a smaller place as consumers now have access to content across the globe. The growing availability of these services and faster broadband access have combined with advances in smart devices to empower consumers and have shifted control of the media landscape from content providers to end users. If great content is all it takes to be successful, why are so many end users still cutting the cord?

Sure you've heard a lot about AI, big data, machine learning, IOT, blockchain, bitcoin. You may think this is a lot of hype. You are really missing out if you have not already taken the time to invest in learning about these things. You will be left behind. You see the premise is simple.

This article is part of Demystifying AI, a series of posts that (try to) disambiguate the jargon and myths surrounding AI. The Wall Street Journal recently ran a piece that detailed how companies that provide email-based services scan the inboxes of millions of Gmail users. Their service agreements make it clear that they require access to your email so that their artificial intelligence algorithms can provide you with smart features such as price comparisons, automated calendar scheduling and more. What they don't tell you is that in some cases, their employees read your emails too, because their AI just can't perform as promised and it needs humans to fill the gap where it falls short. One of the companies presented in the Wall Street Journal article uses AI to add a "smart reply" feature to your email, which can make a big difference if you're managing your account from a mobile device.

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The next time you sit down to watch a movie, the algorithm behind your streaming service might recommend a blockbuster that was written by AI, performed by robots, and animated and rendered by a deep learning algorithm. An AI algorithm may have even read the script and suggested the studio buy the rights. It's easy to think that technology like algorithms and robots will make the film industry go the way of the factory worker and the customer service rep, and argue that artistic filmmaking is in its death throes. Just like computers made it so animators didn't have to draw every frame by hand, advanced algorithms can automatically render advanced visual effects. In both cases, the animator didn't lose their job.