The FAIK Files

Welcome back to The FAIK Files! In this week's episode: Google finally releases data on the power consumption and climate impact of its AI models A deep dive into 'Hierarchical Learning Models' (HRMs) and why they might be the next big thing in AI architecture How a smart home was reportedly hacked using a Google Gemini calendar summary A look at Perry's recent 'Deceptive Minds' episode, "The Long Con" Want to leave us a voicemail? Here's the magic link to do just that: https://sayhi.chat/FAIK You can also join our Discord server here: https://discord.gg/cU7wepaz *** NOTES AND REFERENCES *** Google Finally Releases Data About Power: MIT Technology Review: https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/08/21/1122288/google-gemini-ai-energy/ Google’s AI Power/Climate Impact Research: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/infrastructure/measuring-the-environmental-impact-of-ai-inference Google’s Paper: https://services.google.com/fh/files/misc/measuring_the_environmental_impact_of_delivering_ai_at_google_scale.pdf What Are ‘Hierarchical Learning Models’?: Sapient AI's HRM Website: https://sapient.inc Sapient AI HRM Github: https://github.com/sapientinc/HRM Conceptual Breakdown by Arvind Nagaraj: https://medium.com/@gedanken.thesis/the-loop-is-back-why-hrm-is-the-most-exciting-ai-architecture-in-years-7b8c4414c0b3 Smart Home Hacked by LLM Calendar Summary: WIRED Article: https://www.wired.com/story/google-gemini-calendar-invite-hijack-smart-home/ Perry’s ‘Deceptive Minds’ Episode 5: The Long Con: Subscribe on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/long-con-cognitive-heist-series-5-perry-carpenter-zukyc/ The Audio Version: https://pod.link/1555610335/episode/OWYxOWI1NTAtNzY2YS0xMWYwLWIwNmEtNjNiNWNlMTRiNGNi *** THE BOILERPLATE *** About The FAIK Files: The FAIK Files is an offshoot project from Perry Carpenter's most recent book, FAIK: A Practical Guide to Living in a World of Deepfakes, Disinformation, and AI-Generated Deceptions. Get the Book: FAIK: A Practical Guide to Living in a World of Deepfakes, Disinformation, and AI-Generated Deceptions (Amazon Associates link) Check out the website for more info: https://thisbookisfaik.com Check out Perry & Mason's other show, the Digital Folklore Podcast: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/digital-folklore/id1657374458 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2v1BelkrbSRSkHEP4cYffj?si=u4XTTY4pR4qEqh5zMNSVQA Other: Want to connect with us? Here's how: Connect with Perry: Perry on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/perrycarpenter Perry on X: https://x.com/perrycarpenter Perry on BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/perrycarpenter.bsky.social Connect with Mason: Mason on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mason-amadeus-a853a7242/ Mason on BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/pregnantsonic.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome back to The FAIK Files! In this week's episode: From the disgusting to the whimsical, we explore the weird world of what people are actually doing online—from AI slurs, to juggling simulations, to a mysterious robot roaming Austin MIT unveils mind-reading technology that "feels like telepathy" and might actually work A deep dive into how people really use ChatGPT reveals some surprising truths about our AI habits Reality checks on AI hype, including epic demo fails and honest takes on what's actually possible ----> Check out Perry and Cameron Malin's "Deepfake Ops" course: https://maven.com/perception-lab/deepfake-ops Want to leave us a voicemail? Here's the magic link to do just that: ⁠⁠⁠https://sayhi.chat/FAIK⁠⁠⁠ You can also join our Discord server here: ⁠⁠⁠https://discord.gg/cU7wepaz⁠⁠⁠ *** NOTES AND REFERENCES *** What People Are Up To: Taylor Lorenz video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBtbkOfUlIo Juggling Lab: https://jugglinglab.org Best of Juggling Lab (Reddit): https://www.reddit.com/r/CuratedTumblr/comments/1nirzaa/juggleposting_tumblrs_newest_addiction RizzBot article: https://www.kxan.com/technology/rizzbot-secrets-revealed-who-is-the-mechanical-man-stalking-austin/ RizzBot videos: https://www.youtube.com/@Rizz.bot_official/shorts MIT's "Telepathic" Technology: AlterEgo project: https://www.media.mit.edu/projects/alterego/overview/ Product announcement page: https://www.alterego.io/ How People Are Using ChatGPT: OpenAI's findings: https://openai.com/index/how-people-are-using-chatgpt/ The research paper: https://www.nber.org/system/files/working_papers/w34255/w34255.pdf It's Called Hype for a Reason: Nate Jones reaction to Meta live demo fail: https://www.tiktok.com/@nate.b.jones/video/7551289346515586335 Dario's take on two important questions: https://youtu.be/nvXj4HTiYqA?si=hXnKr5BXGUv3pJwm&t=981 *** THE BOILERPLATE *** About The FAIK Files: The FAIK Files is an offshoot project from Perry Carpenter's most recent book, FAIK: A Practical Guide to Living in a World of Deepfakes, Disinformation, and AI-Generated Deceptions. Get the Book: ⁠FAIK: A Practical Guide to Living in a World of Deepfakes, Disinformation, and AI-Generated Deceptions⁠ (Amazon Associates link) Check out the website for more info: ⁠https://thisbookisfaik.com⁠ Check out Perry & Mason's other show, the Digital Folklore Podcast: Apple Podcasts: ⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/digital-folklore/id1657374458⁠ Spotify: ⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/2v1BelkrbSRSkHEP4cYffj?si=u4XTTY4pR4qEqh5zMNSVQA⁠ Other: Want to connect with us? Here's how: Connect with Perry: Perry on LinkedIn: ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/perrycarpenter⁠ Perry on X: ⁠https://x.com/perrycarpenter⁠ Perry on BlueSky: ⁠https://bsky.app/profile/perrycarpenter.bsky.social⁠ Connect with Mason: Mason on LinkedIn: ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/mason-amadeus-a853a7242/⁠ Mason on BlueSky: ⁠https://bsky.app/profile/pregnantsonic.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome back to The FAIK Files! In this week's episode: HexStrike - the AI-powered hacking tool that can exploit zero-day vulnerabilities in minutes instead of months Diverging expert opinions on AI consciousness and welfare Switzerland's ambitious new open-source AI model "Apertus" Taco Bell is experiencing indigestion after several embarrassing viral AI-powered drive-thru moments Want to leave us a voicemail? Here's the magic link to do just that: ⁠⁠https://sayhi.chat/FAIK⁠⁠ You can also join our Discord server here: ⁠⁠https://discord.gg/cU7wepaz⁠⁠ *** NOTES AND REFERENCES *** HexStrike AI Hacking Tool: AI-News Story: https://www.artificialintelligence-news.com/news/ai-hacking-tool-exploits-zero-day-security-vulnerabilities-in-minutes/ HexStrike Website: https://www.hexstrike.com HexStrike on Github: https://github.com/0x4m4/hexstrike-ai Experts Express Diverging Opinions on AI Consciousness / Welfare: Anthropic says some Claude models can now end harmful or abusive conversations: https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/16/anthropic-says-some-claude-models-can-now-end-harmful-or-abusive-conversations/ Seemingly conscious AI is coming: https://mustafa-suleyman.ai/seemingly-conscious-ai-is-coming Exploring Model Welfare (Anthropic): https://www.anthropic.com/research/exploring-model-welfare Switzerland's New Fully-Open-Source Model "Apertus": Swiss-AI Homepage: https://www.swiss-ai.org/apertus Try it out: https://publicai.co/chat Engadget article: https://www.engadget.com/ai/switzerland-launches-its-own-open-source-ai-model-133051578.html Full technical report: https://github.com/swiss-ai/apertus-tech-report/blob/main/Apertus_Tech_Report.pdf Taco Bell Rethinks AI Drive-Through After Man Orders 18,000 Waters: BBC article: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckgyk2p55g8o TikTok video of the incident: https://www.tiktok.com/@nate.b.jones/video/7544958105654775071?_r=1&_t=ZP-8zQrExEYkf8 The voice ordering provider: https://omilia.com/use-cases/quick-service-restaurants/ Omilia's Taco Bell case study: https://omilia.com/ai-meets-the-drive-thru-taco-bells-journey-to-automated-customer-service/ *** THE BOILERPLATE *** About The FAIK Files: The FAIK Files is an offshoot project from Perry Carpenter's most recent book, FAIK: A Practical Guide to Living in a World of Deepfakes, Disinformation, and AI-Generated Deceptions. Get the Book: FAIK: A Practical Guide to Living in a World of Deepfakes, Disinformation, and AI-Generated Deceptions (Amazon Associates link) Check out the website for more info: https://thisbookisfaik.com Check out Perry & Mason's other show, the Digital Folklore Podcast: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/digital-folklore/id1657374458 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2v1BelkrbSRSkHEP4cYffj?si=u4XTTY4pR4qEqh5zMNSVQA Other: Want to connect with us? Here's how: Connect with Perry: Perry on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/perrycarpenter Perry on X: https://x.com/perrycarpenter Perry on BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/perrycarpenter.bsky.social Connect with Mason: Mason on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mason-amadeus-a853a7242/ Mason on BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/pregnantsonic.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome back to The FAIK Files! In this week's episode: The dark side of AI-powered surveillance with Flock's "safety" cameras that are anything but safe, Google Gemini's existential crisis (spoiler: it's just a bug) The tragic case of a teen who took his own life after interacting with ChatGPT Meta's allowance of inappropriate bot interactions with minors Note: This is a pretty heavy episode that highlights some of AI's most troubling real-world impacts. Want to leave us a voicemail? Here's the magic link to do just that: ⁠https://sayhi.chat/FAIK⁠ You can also join our Discord server here: ⁠https://discord.gg/cU7wepaz⁠ *** NOTES AND REFERENCES *** Flock AI "Safety" Cameras - The Surveillance State is Here: Benn Jordan's exposé video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pp9MwZkHiMQ 404 Media: CBP Had Access to More Than 80,000 Flock AI Cameras Nationwide: https://www.404media.co/cbp-had-access-to-more-than-80-000-flock-ai-cameras-nationwide/ Police officer stalks ex-girlfriend using surveillance system: https://www.kansas.com/news/politics-government/article291059560.html Google Gemini's Existential Crisis (It's Just a Bug): Google Gemini AI Stuck In Self-Loathing: 'I Am A Disgrace To This Planet': https://www.forbes.com/sites/lesliekatz/2025/08/08/google-fixing-bug-that-makes-gemini-ai-call-itself-disgrace-to-planet/ The bug triggers when Gemini encounters complex coding or reasoning tasks it cannot solve, causing it to fall into infinite loops of self-deprecation rather than providing graceful error messages In one Reddit example, Gemini repeated "I am a disgrace" 86 times while trying to debug a compiler Logan Kilpatrick (Google product manager) confirms this is an "annoying infinite looping bug" the team is working to fix Speculation that training data including pessimistic fictional AIs (like Marvin the Paranoid Android) may influence the tone of these self-critical responses Reference to previous May 2024 clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfQbXIuWf5o Teen Suicide Case - Parents Suing OpenAI: BBC: Family sues OpenAI after teen's suicide following ChatGPT interactions: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cgerwp7rdlvo CBS News: OpenAI says changes will be made to ChatGPT after teen suicide lawsuit: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/openai-changes-will-be-made-chatgpt-after-teen-suicide-lawsuit/ OpenAI's response: Helping people when they need it most: https://openai.com/index/helping-people-when-they-need-it-most/ Parents started The Adam Raine Foundation in their son's memory: https://www.theadamrainefoundation.org/about-us/ Meta's AI Dumpster Fire - Bots Gone Wild with Kids: Reuters Investigation: Meta's AI rules have let bots hold 'sensual' chats with kids, offer false medical info: https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/meta-ai-chatbot-guidelines/ *** THE BOILERPLATE *** About The FAIK Files: The FAIK Files is an offshoot project from Perry Carpenter's most recent book, FAIK: A Practical Guide to Living in a World of Deepfakes, Disinformation, and AI-Generated Deceptions. Get the Book: ⁠FAIK: A Practical Guide to Living in a World of Deepfakes, Disinformation, and AI-Generated Deceptions⁠ (Amazon Associates link) Check out the website for more info: ⁠https://thisbookisfaik.com⁠ Check out Perry & Mason's other show, the Digital Folklore Podcast: Apple Podcasts: ⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/digital-folklore/id1657374458⁠ Spotify: ⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/2v1BelkrbSRSkHEP4cYffj?si=u4XTTY4pR4qEqh5zMNSVQA⁠ Other: Want to connect with us? Here's how: Connect with Perry: Perry on LinkedIn: ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/perrycarpenter⁠ Perry on X: ⁠https://x.com/perrycarpenter⁠ Perry on BlueSky: ⁠https://bsky.app/profile/perrycarpenter.bsky.social⁠ Connect with Mason: Mason on LinkedIn: ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/mason-amadeus-a853a7242/⁠ Mason on BlueSky: ⁠https://bsky.app/profile/pregnantsonic.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome back to The FAIK Files! In this week's episode: OpenAI's GPT-5 launch that definitely didn't go according to plan, complete with backlash, safety concerns, and frantic updates Anthropic's fascinating new research on "persona vectors" - a breakthrough method for monitoring and controlling character traits in language models A listener tip leads us down a rabbit hole of ChatGPT conversations being indexed by search engines (spoiler alert: this is not good for privacy) A wild story about Claude being jailbroken to generate unlimited Stripe discount coupons Want to leave us a voicemail? Here's the magic link to do just that: https://sayhi.chat/FAIK You can also join our Discord server here: https://discord.gg/cU7wepaz *** NOTES AND REFERENCES *** GPT-5's Less-Than-Perfect Launch: OpenAI's official launch page: https://openai.com/index/introducing-gpt-5/ Wired on the rushed updates and backlash: https://www.wired.com/story/openai-gpt-5-backlash-sam-altman/ GPT-5 safety mechanisms and refusal systems: https://www.wired.com/story/openai-gpt5-safety/ The Register covers more updates and tweaks: https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/13/gpt5_updated_again/ Persona Vectors - Anthropic's Character Control Research: Anthropic's research paper: https://www.anthropic.com/research/persona-vectors Search Engines Indexing Shared ChatGPT Transcripts: Tip sent in by: DalekS3c CyberSecurityNews report on OpenAI chats found via Google dorking: https://cybersecuritynews.com/chatgpt-conversations-search-engines/ More than 130,000 Claude, Grok, ChatGPT, and Other LLM Chats Readable on Archive.org: https://www.404media.co/more-than-130-000-claude-grok-chatgpt-and-other-llm-chats-readable-on-archive-org/ Claude Jailbroken to Mint Unlimited Stripe Coupons: Full technical breakdown of the exploit: https://www.generalanalysis.com/blog/imessage-stripe-exploit *** THE BOILERPLATE *** About The FAIK Files: The FAIK Files is an offshoot project from Perry Carpenter's most recent book, FAIK: A Practical Guide to Living in a World of Deepfakes, Disinformation, and AI-Generated Deceptions. Get the Book: FAIK: A Practical Guide to Living in a World of Deepfakes, Disinformation, and AI-Generated Deceptions (Amazon Associates link) Check out the website for more info: https://thisbookisfaik.com Check out Perry & Mason's other show, the Digital Folklore Podcast: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/digital-folklore/id1657374458 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2v1BelkrbSRSkHEP4cYffj?si=u4XTTY4pR4qEqh5zMNSVQA Other: Want to connect with us? Here's how: Connect with Perry: Perry on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/perrycarpenter Perry on X: https://x.com/perrycarpenter Perry on BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/perrycarpenter.bsky.social Connect with Mason: Mason on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mason-amadeus-a853a7242/ Mason on BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/pregnantsonic.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What does it mean to think like a hacker? In this episode, we're joined by Ted Harrington — ethical hacker, speaker, and executive partner at Independent Security Evaluators, where he leads a team that breaks things on purpose to make them stronger. We talk about the hacker mindset: how curiosity, exploration, and questioning assumptions can lead to stronger systems — and more creative thinking. Ted is the author of Hackable: How to Do Application Security Right and his new book Inner Hacker is all about applying that same mindset beyond just code. You can join the waitlist and get a launch-day discount here: https://www.tedharrington.com/inner-hacker. Connect with Ted Harrington: Twitter: https://x.com/SecurityTed LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/securityted/ ***** THE BOILERPLATE ***** About The FAIK Files: The FAIK Files is an offshoot project from Perry Carpenter's most recent book, FAIK: A Practical Guide to Living in a World of Deepfakes, Disinformation, and AI-Generated Deceptions. Get the Book: ⁠FAIK: A Practical Guide to Living in a World of Deepfakes, Disinformation, and AI-Generated Deceptions⁠ (Amazon Associates link) Check out the website for more info: ⁠https://thisbookisfaik.com⁠ Check out Perry & Mason's other show, the Digital Folklore Podcast: Apple Podcasts: ⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/digital-folklore/id1657374458⁠ Spotify: ⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/2v1BelkrbSRSkHEP4cYffj?si=u4XTTY4pR4qEqh5zMNSVQA⁠ Want to connect with us? Here's how: Connect with Perry: Perry on LinkedIn: ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/perrycarpenter⁠ Perry on X: ⁠https://x.com/perrycarpenter⁠ Perry on BlueSky: ⁠https://bsky.app/profile/perrycarpenter.bsky.social⁠ Connect with Mason: Mason on LinkedIn: ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/mason-amadeus-a853a7242/⁠ Mason on BlueSky: ⁠https://bsky.app/profile/wickedinterest.ing Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome back to The FAIK Files! In this week's episode: NVIDIA’s Diffusion Renderer: We explore NVIDIA's new research into real-time diffusion rendering, a potential game-changer in photorealistic generation Robotics Powered by Video AI: Luma and Runway are targeting robotics companies with video synthesis tools—because training a robot brain takes a lot of fake video AI-Generated Fashion Models: Listener “Ty” (of Side Character Quest) sends us a wild one: fashion campaigns using entirely synthetic models so convincing you can’t tell they’re fake LLMs and the Dark Arts: We cover ChatGPT’s shocking responses involving murder, mutilation, and Satanism—plus how bigotry and bias are inextricably embedded in these systems. Want to leave us a voicemail? Here's the magic link to do just that: https://sayhi.chat/FAIK You can also join our Discord server here: https://discord.gg/cU7wepaz ***** NOTES AND REFERENCES ***** 01:18 NVIDIA's Diffusion Renderer 11:05 Robotics Powered by Video AI 22:25 AI-Generated Fashion Models 37:39 LLM Bias & Devil Worship NVIDIA Diffusion Renderer: NVIDIA’s breakdown: https://research.nvidia.com/labs/toronto-ai/DiffusionRenderer/ Github project: https://github.com/nv-tlabs/cosmos1-diffusion-renderer The paper: https://research.nvidia.com/labs/toronto-ai/DiffusionRenderer/assets/DiffusionRenderer_paper.pdf AI Video in Robotics: Runway, Luma Target Sales to Robotics Companies: https://www.theinformation.com/articles/runway-luma-target-sales-robotics-companies?utm_source=ti_app&rc=s2adyu AI Fashion Models: Buzzfeed article: https://www.buzzfeed.com/natashajokic1/vogue-guess-ai-models-explained Seraphinne Vallora agency: https://www.seraphinnevallora.com LLM Responses & Dark Behavior: ChatGPT Gave Instructions for Murder, Self-Mutilation, and Devil Worship: https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2025/07/chatgpt-ai-self-mutilation-satanism/683649/ Language Models Change Their Answers Depending on How You Speak: https://www.unite.ai/language-models-change-their-answers-depending-on-how-you-speak/ ***** THE BOILERPLATE ***** About The FAIK Files: The FAIK Files is an offshoot project from Perry Carpenter's most recent book, FAIK: A Practical Guide to Living in a World of Deepfakes, Disinformation, and AI-Generated Deceptions. Get the Book: FAIK: A Practical Guide to Living in a World of Deepfakes, Disinformation, and AI-Generated Deceptions (Amazon Associates link) Check out the website for more info: https://thisbookisfaik.com Check out Perry & Mason's other show, the Digital Folklore Podcast: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/digital-folklore/id1657374458 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2v1BelkrbSRSkHEP4cYffj?si=u4XTTY4pR4qEqh5zMNSVQA Want to connect with us? Here's how: Connect with Perry: Perry on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/perrycarpenter Perry on X: https://x.com/perrycarpenter Perry on BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/perrycarpenter.bsky.social Connect with Mason: Mason on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mason-amadeus-a853a7242/ Mason on BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/wickedinterest.ing Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome back to The FAIK Files! In this week's episode: Subliminal Learning: Listener "Max" brings us a fascinating (and concerning) story about AI model distillation and how "dark knowledge" can be passed along between AI systems AI Filmmaking vs. Fraud Crisis: We explore Dave Clark's innovative AI agent methodology for filmmaking, then pivot to Sam Altman's growing concerns about AI's potential for sophisticated fraud Get Ready to be Haggled by AI: Listener "Ty" alerts us to Delta Airlines' move toward AI-powered dynamic pricing that determines what YOU personally will pay for a ticket AI Search Ruins Everything: We dive into how Google's AI is fundamentally breaking search, the internet, and possibly your brain Want to leave us a voicemail? Here's the magic link to do just that: https://sayhi.chat/FAIK You can also join our Discord server here: https://discord.gg/cU7wepaz ***** NOTES AND REFERENCES ***** Subliminal Learning & Dark Knowledge: AI Model Distillation Can Pass Along 'Dark Knowledge': https://alignment.anthropic.com/2025/subliminal-learning/ The Paper: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2507.14805 AI Filmmaking & Fraud Concerns: Dave Clark's post and methodology: https://x.com/diesol/status/1944470227783442764 Sam Altman is worried about AI fraud: https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/22/tech/openai-sam-altman-fraud-crisis AI Dynamic Pricing: Delta Airlines using AI to set prices for individual customers: https://fortune.com/2025/07/16/delta-moves-toward-eliminating-set-prices-in-favor-of-ai-that-determines-how-much-you-personally-will-pay-for-a-ticket/ AI Search Problems: Google's AI Is Destroying Search, the Internet, and Your Brain: https://www.404media.co/googles-ai-is-destroying-search-the-internet-and-your-brain/ Marcus Hutchins' LinkedIn post on research publication challenges: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/malwaretech_this-is-what-its-like-publishing-research-activity-7353880053715275779-YkvM ***** THE BOILERPLATE ***** About The FAIK Files: The FAIK Files is an offshoot project from Perry Carpenter's most recent book, FAIK: A Practical Guide to Living in a World of Deepfakes, Disinformation, and AI-Generated Deceptions. Get the Book: FAIK: A Practical Guide to Living in a World of Deepfakes, Disinformation, and AI-Generated Deceptions (Amazon Associates link) Check out the website for more info: https://thisbookisfaik.com Check out Perry & Mason's other show, the Digital Folklore Podcast: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/digital-folklore/id1657374458 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2v1BelkrbSRSkHEP4cYffj?si=u4XTTY4pR4qEqh5zMNSVQA Other: Want to connect with us? Here's how: Connect with Perry: Perry on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/perrycarpenter Perry on X: https://x.com/perrycarpenter Perry on BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/perrycarpenter.bsky.social Connect with Mason: Mason on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mason-amadeus-a853a7242/ Mason on BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/pregnantsonic.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome back to The FAIK Files! In this week's episode: Grok's triple threat of chaos - Elon Musk's AI chatbot continues identifying as Hitler, starts generating anime waifus, and somehow lands a $200 million Department of Defense contract ChatGPT's accidental generosity - A seemingly innocent guessing game vulnerability leads users to extract free Windows OS keys and other unintended system access McDonald's million-dollar security fail - The fast-food giant's AI hiring tool protecting 64 million job applicants with the ultra-secure password "123456" AI safety reality check - We examine whether AI companies are actually prepared for the dangers of building human-level systems, according to new safety ratings and reports ***** NOTES AND REFERENCES ***** Grok Still Calls Itself Hitler, Adds Waifus & A 200 Million DoD Contract: Rolling Stone: Grok, Elon Musk's AI Chatbot, Is Being Used to Generate Pornographic Images of Anime Characters: https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/grok-pornographic-anime-companion-department-of-defense-1235385034/ Time Magazine: Grok, Elon Musk's AI Chatbot, Has a Nazi Problem: https://time.com/7302790/grok-ai-chatbot-elon-musk/ X Thread where Grok still says it's Hitler: https://xcancel.com/goodside/status/1944266466875826617 NextGov: Pentagon Awards Multiple Companies $200M in Contracts for AI Tools: https://www.nextgov.com/acquisition/2025/07/pentagon-awards-multiple-companies-200m-contracts-ai-tools/406698/ ChatGPT Guessing Game Leads To Users Extracting Free Windows OS Keys & More: Mozilla's 0din.ai vulnerability research program: https://0din.ai/blog/chatgpt-guessing-game-leads-to-users-extracting-free-windows-os-keys-more McDonald's Hiring App Admin Login: "123456": Ian Carroll's Blog Post: https://ian.sh/mcdonalds CSO Online: McDonald's AI hiring tool's password '123456' exposes data of 64M applicants: https://www.csoonline.com/article/4020919/mcdonalds-ai-hiring-tools-password-123456-exposes-data-of-64m-applicants.html Are AI companies taking AI safety seriously enough?: The Guardian: AI firms 'unprepared' for dangers of building human-level systems, report warns: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jul/17/ai-firms-unprepared-for-dangers-of-building-human-level-systems-report-warns Future of Life Institute: AI Safety Index: https://futureoflife.org/ai-safety-index-summer-2025/ SaferAI Ratings: https://ratings.safer-ai.org/ ******* THE BOILERPLATE ******* About The FAIK Files: The FAIK Files is an offshoot project from Perry Carpenter's most recent book, FAIK: A Practical Guide to Living in a World of Deepfakes, Disinformation, and AI-Generated Deceptions. Get the Book: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠FAIK: A Practical Guide to Living in a World of Deepfakes, Disinformation, and AI-Generated Deceptions⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (Amazon Associates link) Check out the website for more info: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://thisbookisfaik.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Check out Perry & Mason's other show, the Digital Folklore Podcast: Apple Podcasts: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/digital-folklore/id1657374458⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Spotify: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/2v1BelkrbSRSkHEP4cYffj?si=u4XTTY4pR4qEqh5zMNSVQA⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Want to connect with us? Here's how: Connect with Perry: LinkedIn: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/perrycarpenter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ X: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://x.com/perrycarpenter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ BlueSky: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bsky.app/profile/perrycarpenter.bsky.social⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Connect with Mason: LinkedIn: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/mason-amadeus-a853a7242/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ BlueSky: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bsky.app/profile/wickedinterest.ing⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome back to The FAIK Files! In this week's episode: Meet Claude, Small Business Owner Tricking AI – two different ways Shifting Policies Around AI Content Dumpster Fire of the week: Grok goes full Nazi Check out Perry's new website, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Deception Project⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and newsletter, Deceptive Minds: a newsletter about how we are fooled, how we fool ourselves, and what we can do about it. Subscribe on LinkedIn ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/build-relation/newsletter-follow?entityUrn=7319922626200510464⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Want to leave us a voicemail? Here's the magic link to do just that: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://sayhi.chat/FAIK⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ You can also join our Discord server here: ⁠⁠https://faik.to/discord⁠ *** NOTES AND REFERENCES *** Meet Claude, Small Business Owner: Anthropic Made Claude Run a Vending Machine Business: https://www.anthropic.com/research/project-vend-1 "Vending Bench" - A Benchmark for AI Models Doing Business: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2502.15840 Tricking AI – Two Different Ways: 'Positive Review Only': Researchers Hide AI Prompts in Papers: https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Technology/Artificial-intelligence/Positive-review-only-Researchers-hide-AI-prompts-in-papers Researchers Jailbreak AI by Flooding It With Bullshit Jargon: https://www.404media.co/researchers-jailbreak-ai-by-flooding-it-with-bullshit-jargon/ Shifting Policies Around AI Content: Denmark’s Personal Copyright Legislation: Original Guardian Article: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jun/27/deepfakes-denmark-copyright-law-artificial-intelligence NYT Article with More Details: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/10/world/europe/denmark-deepfake-copyright-ai-law.html YouTube’s Changes to Monetization: The Verge: https://www.theverge.com/news/703772/youtube-monetization-policy-update-ai-spam The Policy (Stub): https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/10008196?hl=en#zippy=%2Ccommunity-guidelines Video from YouTube Insider: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqMijeuaWik AI Dumpster Fire of the Week: Grok 3 Got a 'Politically Incorrect' Update Ahead of Grok 4's Launch: https://www.businessinsider.com/grok-3-politically-incorrect-texas-floods-antisemitic-grok-4-2025 Elon Musk’s Grok Is Calling for a New Holocaust: https://www.atlantic.com/technology/archive/2025/07/grok-anti-semitic-tweets/683463/ Musk’s AI Company Scrubs Inappropriate Posts After Grok Chatbot Makes Antisemitic Comments: https://www.wfla.com/news/national/musks-ai-company-scrubs-inappropriate-posts-after-grok-chatbot-makes-antisemitic-comments ******* THE BOILERPLATE ******* About The FAIK Files: The FAIK Files is an offshoot project from Perry Carpenter's most recent book, FAIK: A Practical Guide to Living in a World of Deepfakes, Disinformation, and AI-Generated Deceptions. Get the Book: ⁠⁠⁠⁠FAIK: A Practical Guide to Living in a World of Deepfakes, Disinformation, and AI-Generated Deceptions⁠⁠⁠⁠ (Amazon Associates link) Check out the website for more info: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://thisbookisfaik.com⁠⁠⁠⁠ Check out Perry & Mason's other show, the Digital Folklore Podcast: Apple Podcasts: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/digital-folklore/id1657374458⁠⁠⁠⁠ Spotify: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/2v1BelkrbSRSkHEP4cYffj?si=u4XTTY4pR4qEqh5zMNSVQA⁠⁠⁠⁠ Want to connect with us? Here's how: Connect with Perry: LinkedIn: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/perrycarpenter⁠⁠⁠⁠ X: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://x.com/perrycarpenter⁠⁠⁠⁠ BlueSky: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bsky.app/profile/perrycarpenter.bsky.social⁠⁠⁠⁠ Connect with Mason: LinkedIn: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/mason-amadeus-a853a7242/⁠⁠⁠⁠ BlueSky: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bsky.app/profile/wickedinterest.ing⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome back to The FAIK Files! This week, we're sharing our interview with Winn Schwartau! Winn Schwartau is a respected authority in information security and one of the earliest voices to warn about the risks of cyberwarfare. With a career spanning decades, he’s written extensively on topics like critical infrastructure vulnerabilities, time-based security, and the human factors behind digital threats. His work has shaped the way governments and organizations think about cybersecurity today. You should check out his book The Art & Science of Metawar: How to Coexist With AI-Driven Reality Distortion, Disinformation, & Addiction in the Metaverse! ******* THE BOILERPLATE ******* About The FAIK Files: The FAIK Files is an offshoot project from Perry Carpenter's most recent book, FAIK: A Practical Guide to Living in a World of Deepfakes, Disinformation, and AI-Generated Deceptions. Get the Book: ⁠⁠⁠⁠FAIK: A Practical Guide to Living in a World of Deepfakes, Disinformation, and AI-Generated Deceptions⁠⁠⁠⁠ (Amazon Associates link) Check out the website for more info: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://thisbookisfaik.com⁠⁠⁠⁠ You can also join our Discord server here: ⁠https://faik.to/discord Check out Perry & Mason's other show, the Digital Folklore Podcast: Apple Podcasts: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/digital-folklore/id1657374458⁠⁠⁠⁠ Spotify: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/2v1BelkrbSRSkHEP4cYffj?si=u4XTTY4pR4qEqh5zMNSVQA⁠⁠⁠⁠ Want to connect with us? Here's how: Connect with Perry: Perry on LinkedIn: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/perrycarpenter⁠⁠⁠⁠ Perry on X: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://x.com/perrycarpenter⁠⁠⁠⁠ Perry on BlueSky: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bsky.app/profile/perrycarpenter.bsky.social⁠⁠⁠⁠ Connect with Mason: Mason on LinkedIn: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/mason-amadeus-a853a7242/⁠⁠⁠⁠ Mason on BlueSky: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bsky.app/profile/wickedinterest.ing⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome back to The FAIK Files! In this week's episode: Does ChatGPT make us dumber? AI chatbots are amplifying disinformation Anthropic's recent "fair use" court victory and what it actually means Dumpster fire of the week: ChatGPT babysitters and therapy chatbots Check out Perry's new website, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Deception Project⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and newsletter, Deceptive Minds: a newsletter about how we are fooled, how we fool ourselves, and what we can do about it. Subscribe on LinkedIn ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/build-relation/newsletter-follow?entityUrn=7319922626200510464⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Want to leave us a voicemail? Here's the magic link to do just that: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://sayhi.chat/FAIK⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ You can also join our Discord server here: ⁠⁠https://faik.to/discord⁠ *** NOTES AND REFERENCES *** Your Brain on ChatGPT: The Times: Using ChatGPT for work? It might make you more stupid: https://www.thetimes.com/uk/technology-uk/article/using-chatgpt-for-work-it-might-make-you-more-stupid-dtvntprtk Brain on LLM Study Website: https://www.brainonllm.com Decision Intelligence Substack analysis: https://decision.substack.com/p/this-is-your-brain-on-chatgpt Chatbots Don't Know What's TRUE: Wired Uncanny Valley Podcast: The Chatbot Disinfo Inflaming the LA Protests: https://www.wired.com/story/uncanny-valley-podcast-the-chatbot-disinfo-inflaming-the-la-protests/ Wired: AI Chatbots Are Making LA Protest Disinformation Worse: https://www.wired.com/story/grok-chatgpt-ai-los-angeles-protest-disinformation/ BBC: Why AI chatbots are wrong about these LA protest photos: https://www.bbc.com/news/videos/czxyld16k9no Anthropic's "Fair Use" Court Ruling & Implications: AP News: https://apnews.com/article/anthropic-ai-fair-use-copyright-pirated-libraries-1e5cece51c2e4bd0bb21d94de2abb035 The Court Ruling Document: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/25982181-authors-v-anthropic-ruling/ Fast Company Analysis: https://www.fastcompany.com/91357755/anthropics-ai-copyright-win-is-more-complicated-than-it-looks Stanford Fair Use Four Factors Test: https://fairuse.stanford.edu/overview/fair-use/four-factors/ AI Dumpster Fire of the Week: LinkedIn Post: ChatGPT became a babysitter: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/pascal-hetzscholdt_quote-tired-parent-who-let-chatgpt-babysit-activity-7342594228297822208-UBHo/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_ios&rcm=ACoAAACFP34BmygIrgqg3f4FoDKNkg9fqXiChHc Futurism: Therapy chatbot addict meth: https://futurism.com/therapy-chatbot-addict-meth Washington Post: Your chatbot friend might be messing with your mind: https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/05/31/ai-chatbots-user-influence-attention-chatgpt/ ArXiv Paper: On Targeted Manipulation and Deception when Optimizing LLMs for User Feedback: https://arxiv.org/abs/2411.02306 ******* THE BOILERPLATE ******* About The FAIK Files: The FAIK Files is an offshoot project from Perry Carpenter's most recent book, FAIK: A Practical Guide to Living in a World of Deepfakes, Disinformation, and AI-Generated Deceptions. Get the Book: ⁠⁠⁠⁠FAIK: A Practical Guide to Living in a World of Deepfakes, Disinformation, and AI-Generated Deceptions⁠⁠⁠⁠ (Amazon Associates link) Check out the website for more info: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://thisbookisfaik.com⁠⁠⁠⁠ Check out Perry & Mason's other show, the Digital Folklore Podcast: Apple Podcasts: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/digital-folklore/id1657374458⁠⁠⁠⁠ Spotify: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/2v1BelkrbSRSkHEP4cYffj?si=u4XTTY4pR4qEqh5zMNSVQA⁠⁠⁠⁠ Want to connect with us? Here's how: Connect with Perry: LinkedIn: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/perrycarpenter⁠⁠⁠⁠ X: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://x.com/perrycarpenter⁠⁠⁠⁠ BlueSky: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bsky.app/profile/perrycarpenter.bsky.social⁠⁠⁠⁠ Connect with Mason: LinkedIn: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/mason-amadeus-a853a7242/⁠⁠⁠⁠ BlueSky: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bsky.app/profile/wickedinterest.ing⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome back to The FAIK Files! In this week's episode: OpenAI's models are reportedly resisting human commands to shut down A controversial new research paper questions whether AI systems actually "think" or just create an illusion of reasoning. How generative AI exploits the same psychological triggers as gambling—"just one more prompt, bro!" Google's VEO-3 and ElevenLabs 3 are creating deepfakes so convincing they're fooling both people and detection systems. Check out Perry's new website, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Deception Project⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and newsletter, Deceptive Minds: a newsletter about how we are fooled, how we fool ourselves, and what we can do about it. Subscribe on LinkedIn ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/build-relation/newsletter-follow?entityUrn=7319922626200510464⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Want to leave us a voicemail? Here's the magic link to do just that: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://sayhi.chat/FAIK⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ You can also join our Discord server here: ⁠⁠https://faik.to/discord⁠ ******* NOTES AND REFERENCES ******* OpenAI's "Skynet Moment" - The Shutdown Problem: Original Thread from X: https://xcancel.com/PalisadeAI/status/1926084635903025621 Article from ComputerWorld: https://www.computerworld.com/article/3999190/openais-skynet-moment-models-defy-human-commands-actively-resist-orders-to-shut-down.html Mason's Favorite Video about the "Stop Button" problem: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TYT1QfdfsM Apple's "Illusion of Thinking" Research Paper: Apple Research Paper: https://machinelearning.apple.com/research/illusion-of-thinking Nate Jones' nuanced take: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9tYAvjkOQk Wes Roth's similarly nuanced take (with an experiment): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVJem2iLKZ8 AI & Gambling Addiction - "Just One More Prompt": Pivot To AI Blog: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/06/05/generative-ai-runs-on-gambling-addiction-just-one-more-prompt-bro/ Bonus - Fake AI Startups Exposed: https://www.peoplemattersglobal.com/news/technology/fake-ai-startups-founder-charged-for-fraudulent-ai-app-powered-by-human-labour-45154 https://infosecwriteups.com/the-billion-dollar-ai-lie-how-builder-ai-faked-growth-fooled-investors-and-got-caught-3af1464a5ffe Google VEO-3 and ElevenLabs 3 - The New Era of Synthetic Media: Perry's LinkedIn post about TikTok deepfakes: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7338301239539003393/ CNN Interview: https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/15/business/video/deepfake-detector-fooled-isabel-rosales-digvid Perry's Google VEO 3 experiment: The Sandwich Incident: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvsFm1XII6U ElevenLabs v3: https://elevenlabs.io/blog/v3-audiotags ******* THE BOILERPLATE ******* About The FAIK Files: The FAIK Files is an offshoot project from Perry Carpenter's most recent book, FAIK: A Practical Guide to Living in a World of Deepfakes, Disinformation, and AI-Generated Deceptions. Get the Book: ⁠⁠⁠FAIK: A Practical Guide to Living in a World of Deepfakes, Disinformation, and AI-Generated Deceptions⁠⁠⁠ (Amazon Associates link) Check out the website for more info: ⁠⁠⁠https://thisbookisfaik.com⁠⁠⁠ Check out Perry & Mason's other show, the Digital Folklore Podcast: Apple Podcasts: ⁠⁠⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/digital-folklore/id1657374458⁠⁠⁠ Spotify: ⁠⁠⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/2v1BelkrbSRSkHEP4cYffj?si=u4XTTY4pR4qEqh5zMNSVQA⁠⁠⁠ Want to connect with us? Here's how: Connect with Perry: Perry on LinkedIn: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/perrycarpenter⁠⁠⁠ Perry on X: ⁠⁠⁠https://x.com/perrycarpenter⁠⁠⁠ Perry on BlueSky: ⁠⁠⁠https://bsky.app/profile/perrycarpenter.bsky.social⁠⁠⁠ Connect with Mason: Mason on LinkedIn: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/mason-amadeus-a853a7242/⁠⁠⁠ Mason on BlueSky: ⁠⁠⁠https://bsky.app/profile/wickedinterest.ing⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome back to The FAIK Files! In this week's episode: Perry is on some kind of secret government mission??? Mason showcases a cool AI art project, and some behind-the-scenes processes of integrating AI elements into art. We explore some more eye-rolling and stupid uses of AI art, including in scientific publishing and the music industry And we interview Chris Machowski, artist and overall creative powerhouse behind RansomWear.net⁠ Check out Perry's new website,  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Deception Project⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and newsletter, Deceptive Minds: a newsletter about how we are fooled, how we fool ourselves, and what we can do about it. Subscribe on LinkedIn ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/build-relation/newsletter-follow?entityUrn=7319922626200510464⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Want to leave us a voicemail? Here's the magic link to do just that: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://sayhi.chat/FAIK⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ You can also join our Discord server here: ⁠⁠https://faik.to/discord⁠ ******* NOTES AND REFERENCES ******* AI Usage in Artistic Projects - The Good: Neural Viz YT Series: Unanswered Oddities youtube.com/watch?v=YGyvLlPad8Q AI Texture Generation: Polycam https://poly.cam/tools/ai-texture-generator  AI Texture & Depth: Dream Texture https://github.com/carson-katri/dream-textures  AI Usage in Artistic Projects - The Bad: Scientific Illustrators call out AI: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-01527-9 Timbaland’s AI Artist “TaTa”: https://archive.md/20250605163855/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/timbaland-new-artist-tata-ai-1235356185/ Ethically sourced training corpus "Common Pile": https://archive.is/20250605163557/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/06/05/tech-brief-ai-copyright-report/ US Copyrightability report (Jan 29 2025): https://www.copyright.gov/ai/Copyright-and-Artificial-Intelligence-Part-2-Copyrightability-Report.pdf Chris Machowski of RansomWear (and many other projects!): Chris's Art/Merch Shop RansomWear: https://ransomwear.net/ Chris's Personal Website: https://www.chrismachowski.com/ 8th Layer Insights (Chris did the art!): https://thecyberwire.com/podcasts/8th-layer-insights ******* THE BOILERPLATE ******* About The FAIK Files: The FAIK Files is an offshoot project from Perry Carpenter's most recent book, FAIK: A Practical Guide to Living in a World of Deepfakes, Disinformation, and AI-Generated Deceptions. Get the Book: ⁠⁠FAIK: A Practical Guide to Living in a World of Deepfakes, Disinformation, and AI-Generated Deceptions⁠⁠ (Amazon Associates link) Check out the website for more info: ⁠⁠https://thisbookisfaik.com⁠⁠ Check out Perry & Mason's other show, the Digital Folklore Podcast: Apple Podcasts: ⁠⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/digital-folklore/id1657374458⁠⁠ Spotify: ⁠⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/2v1BelkrbSRSkHEP4cYffj?si=u4XTTY4pR4qEqh5zMNSVQA⁠⁠ Want to connect with us? Here's how: Connect with Perry: Perry on LinkedIn: ⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/perrycarpenter⁠⁠ Perry on X: ⁠⁠https://x.com/perrycarpenter⁠⁠ Perry on BlueSky: ⁠⁠https://bsky.app/profile/perrycarpenter.bsky.social⁠⁠ Connect with Mason: Mason on LinkedIn: ⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/mason-amadeus-a853a7242/⁠⁠ Mason on BlueSky: ⁠⁠https://bsky.app/profile/wickedinterest.ing⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome back to The FAIK Files! In this week's episode: Google wants to help people speak dolphin... and they have a new language model to prove it! Perry brings a couple fun headlines... And we interview Paul Vann and Justin Marciano of Validia.ai Check out Perry's new website,  ⁠⁠⁠⁠The Deception Project⁠⁠⁠⁠ and newsletter, Deceptive Minds: a newsletter about how we are fooled, how we fool ourselves, and what we can do about it. Subscribe on LinkedIn ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/build-relation/newsletter-follow?entityUrn=7319922626200510464⁠⁠⁠⁠ Want to leave us a voicemail? Here's the magic link to do just that: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://sayhi.chat/FAIK⁠⁠⁠⁠ You can also join our Discord server here: ⁠⁠https://faik.to/discord⁠ ******* NOTES AND REFERENCES ******* Google is helping researchers trying to speak dolphin: Google's DolphinGemma project: https://blog.google/technology/ai/dolphingemma/ Quick-hit items: Authors Are Accidentally Leaving AI Prompts In their Novels: https://www.404media.co/authors-are-accidentally-leaving-ai-prompts-in-their-novels/ What AI detection tools got wrong in the case of a photo tweeted by a French politician: https://observers.france24.com/en/france/20250521-artificial-intelligence-detection-tools-real-image-melenchon-reliability Validia AI Interview with Paul Vann & Justin Marciano: Validia AI: https://validia.ai Paul Vann, Co-Founder & CTO Justin Marciano, Co-Founder & CEO Specializing in "live identity authentication in the virtual workspace" Know Your Employee (KYE) technology for real-time identity verification Winners of the 2024 Okta Startup Competition ******* THE BOILERPLATE ******* About The FAIK Files: The FAIK Files is an offshoot project from Perry Carpenter's most recent book, FAIK: A Practical Guide to Living in a World of Deepfakes, Disinformation, and AI-Generated Deceptions. Get the Book: ⁠FAIK: A Practical Guide to Living in a World of Deepfakes, Disinformation, and AI-Generated Deceptions⁠ (Amazon Associates link) Check out the website for more info: ⁠https://thisbookisfaik.com⁠ Check out Perry & Mason's other show, the Digital Folklore Podcast: Apple Podcasts: ⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/digital-folklore/id1657374458⁠ Spotify: ⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/2v1BelkrbSRSkHEP4cYffj?si=u4XTTY4pR4qEqh5zMNSVQA⁠ Want to connect with us? Here's how: Connect with Perry: Perry on LinkedIn: ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/perrycarpenter⁠ Perry on X: ⁠https://x.com/perrycarpenter⁠ Perry on BlueSky: ⁠https://bsky.app/profile/perrycarpenter.bsky.social⁠ Connect with Mason: Mason on LinkedIn: ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/mason-amadeus-a853a7242/⁠ Mason on BlueSky: ⁠https://bsky.app/profile/pregnantsonic.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome back to The FAIK Files! In this week's episode: Quantum computing is accelerating fast Professors staffed a fake company entirely with AI agents (spoiler: chaos) Microsoft is adding native AI agent support to Windows - what could go wrong? The Chicago Sun-Times accidentally printed an AI-generated summer reading list with books that don't exist Check out ⁠⁠⁠The Deception Project⁠⁠⁠ to learn about our upcoming ⁠⁠⁠Offensive Cyber Deception Masterclass⁠⁠⁠ and more. Also check out Perry's new newsletter, Deceptive Minds: a newsletter about how we are fooled, how we fool ourselves, and what we can do about it. Subscribe on LinkedIn ⁠⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/build-relation/newsletter-follow?entityUrn=7319922626200510464⁠⁠⁠ Want to leave us a voicemail? Here's the magic link to do just that: ⁠⁠⁠https://sayhi.chat/FAIK⁠⁠⁠ You can also join our Discord server here: ⁠⁠https://faik.to/discord⁠ ******* NOTES AND REFERENCES ******* Post-Quantum Cryptography: D-Wave Launches Commercially Available Quantum Computer NVIDIA Powers World's Largest Quantum Research Computer NIST - What is Post-Quantum Cryptography Microsoft Brings Post-Quantum Cryptography to Windows and Linux First Successful Demonstration of Quantum Error Correction Visualising Quantum Computation AI Agent Company Disaster: Research Paper - The Agent Company The Agent Company Website Futurism article Yahoo Tech article Business Insider coverage Microsoft Adding MCP to Windows: Microsoft Blog Post - Securing the Model Context Protocol Reddit Discussion with Screenshots Chicago Sun-Times AI Reading List Fail: 404 Media - AI-Generated Summer Reading List 404 Media Follow-up - Made by Hearst ******* THE BOILERPLATE ******* About The FAIK Files: The FAIK Files is an offshoot project from Perry Carpenter's most recent book, FAIK: A Practical Guide to Living in a World of Deepfakes, Disinformation, and AI-Generated Deceptions. Get the Book: FAIK: A Practical Guide to Living in a World of Deepfakes, Disinformation, and AI-Generated Deceptions (Amazon Associates link) Check out the website for more info: https://thisbookisfaik.com Check out Perry & Mason's other show, the Digital Folklore Podcast: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/digital-folklore/id1657374458 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2v1BelkrbSRSkHEP4cYffj?si=u4XTTY4pR4qEqh5zMNSVQA Want to connect with us? Here's how: Connect with Perry: Perry on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/perrycarpenter Perry on X: https://x.com/perrycarpenter Perry on BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/perrycarpenter.bsky.social Connect with Mason: Mason on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mason-amadeus-a853a7242/ Mason on BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/pregnantsonic.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome back to The FAIK Files! In this week's episode: That AI bot may be an undercover AI cop Playing with Suno's "Cover" Feature Bad actors using Claude to orchestrate disinfo campaigns Does being honest about your AI use make people trust you less? AI companies are looking to cash-in on human loneliness Check out ⁠The Deception Project⁠ to learn about our upcoming ⁠Offensive Cyber Deception Masterclass⁠ and more. Also check out Perry's new newsletter, Deceptive Minds: a newsletter about how we are fooled, how we fool ourselves, and what we can do about it. Subscribe on LinkedIn ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/build-relation/newsletter-follow?entityUrn=7319922626200510464⁠ Want to leave us a voicemail? Here's the magic link to do just that: ⁠https://sayhi.chat/FAIK⁠ You can also join our Discord server here: ⁠⁠https://faik.to/discord⁠ ***** NOTES AND REFERENCES ***** UNDERCOVER AI COPS, FAKE PROTESTORS: WIRED & 404 Media Joint Investigation: Exclusive: Police Are Creating Fake AI Personas to Trick Suspects Online This investigation reveals how law enforcement agencies are using AI to create fake personas to surveil and interact with suspects online SWEET AND SOUR (TWO STORIES): Suno's New "Cover" Feature: Claude AI Exploited to Operate 100+ Fake Political Personas in Global Influence Campaign: https://thehackernews.com/2025/05/claude-ai-exploited-to-operate-100-fake.html BEING HONEST ABOUT AI USAGE MAKES PEOPLE TRUST YOU LESS?: The Article: Being honest about using AI at work makes people trust you less, research finds The Research Paper: The impact of artificial intelligence disclosure on trustworthiness perceptions AI Workforce Projections: Fiverr CEO Says AI Will Take Your Job - Here's What to Do ECH FOUNDERS TRY TO SOLVE OUR LONELINESS PROBLEM…: New AI Wearable 'Friend' Unveiled To Cure Loneliness; Internet Asks Why Isn't It An App? New research shows link between ChatGPT use and loneliness YouTube video (AI friend experiment): This intense AI anger is what experts warned of Mark Zuckerberg – Meta's AGI Plan (Dwarkesh Patel podcast) Mark Zuckerberg tried to convince us he was human. Sorry, ZuckBot: you've failed Mark Zuckerberg Lays Out HELLISH Vision For Future Of Friendship HOW AI AND HUMAN BEHAVIORS SHAPE PSYCHOSOCIAL EFFECTS OF CHATBOT USE: A LONGITUDINAL RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED STUDY Want to connect with us? Here's how: Connect with Perry: Perry on LinkedIn: ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/perrycarpenter⁠ Perry on X: ⁠https://x.com/perrycarpenter⁠ Perry on BlueSky: ⁠https://bsky.app/profile/perrycarpenter.bsky.social⁠ Connect with Mason: Mason on LinkedIn: ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/mason-amadeus-a853a7242/⁠ Mason on BlueSky: ⁠https://bsky.app/profile/wickedinterest.ing Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome back to The FAIK Files! In this week's episode: We explore the One Million Chessboards project, a massive collaborative web experiment where users can move pieces across a million shared chessboards in real-time Anthropic's model welfare research program, AI ethics, and the need for interpretability OpenAI's recent struggle with ChatGPT's personality crisis as they roll back an update that made the AI too sycophantic Meta's troubling chatbot sex problem: Social Media, LLMS, sex, and Zuckerberg -- what could go wrong? Check out The Deception Project to learn about our upcoming Offensive Cyber Deception Masterclass and more. Also check out Perry's new newsletter, Deceptive Minds: a newsletter about how we are fooled, how we fool ourselves, and what we can do about it. Subscribe on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/build-relation/newsletter-follow?entityUrn=7319922626200510464 Want to leave us a voicemail? Here's the magic link to do just that: https://sayhi.chat/FAIK You can also join our Discord server here: ⁠⁠https://faik.to/discord⁠ ***** NOTES AND REFERENCES ***** ONE MILLION CHESS BOARDS: One Million Chessboards website: https://onemillionchessboards.com/ Creator's blog post explaining the project: https://eieio.games/blog/one-million-chessboards/ Nolen Royalty's previous viral project, One Million Checkboxes: https://corecursive.com/one-million-checkboxes-with-nolen-royalty/ AI Cheating at Chess - Time Magazine report: https://time.com/7259395/ai-chess-cheating-palisade-research/ ANTHROPIC'S MODEL WELFARE RESEARCH: Exploring Model Welfare - Anthropic's research announcement: https://www.anthropic.com/research/exploring-model-welfare YouTube interview, "Could AI Models be Conscious?": https://youtu.be/pyXouxa0WnY?si=1yK4YkMbE5iW9SC0 Dario Amodei on interpretability: https://x.com/DarioAmodei/status/1915515160607023391 The Urgency of Interpretability (Dario's blog): https://www.darioamodei.com/post/the-urgency-of-interpretability Axios report on AI sentience research: https://www.axios.com/2025/04/29/anthropic-ai-sentient-rights THE PERSONALITY CRISIS OF CHATGPT: OpenAI rolls back sycophantic ChatGPT update: https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/04/openai-rolls-back-update-that-made-chatgpt-a-sycophantic-mess/ Sam Altman's tweet about the issue: https://xcancel.com/sama/status/1917291637962858735 Stanford HAI research on LLM personality: https://hai.stanford.edu/news/large-language-models-just-want-to-be-liked META'S CHATBOT SEX PROBLEM: Wall Street Journal investigation: https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/meta-ai-chatbots-sex-a25311bf Want to connect with us? Here's how: Connect with Perry: Perry on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/perrycarpenter Perry on X: https://x.com/perrycarpenter Perry on BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/perrycarpenter.bsky.social Connect with Mason: Mason on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mason-amadeus-a853a7242/ Mason on BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/wickedinterest.ing Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome back to The FAIK Files! In this week's episode: Why being polite to ChatGPT might be wasting Sam Altman's money Alarming advancements in deepfake technology and why even "super recognizers" can't keep up. We explain what a "vibe coder" is and why you probably don't want to become one. An Italian newspaper's claim to have published the world's first AI-generated edition. Check out The Deception Project to learn about our upcoming Offensive Cyber Deception Masterclass and more. Want to leave us a voicemail? Here's the magic link to do just that: https://sayhi.chat/FAIK You can also join our Discord server here: ⁠https://faik.to/discord ***** NOTES AND REFERENCES ***** Being Polite to ChatGPT Is Wasting Sam Altman's Money: Sam Altman tweet about "Please" and "Thanks": https://x.com/sama/status/1912646035979239430 Futurism article on the topic: https://futurism.com/altman-please-thanks-chatgpt TechRadar survey on politeness to AI chatbots: https://www.techradar.com/computing/artificial-intelligence/are-you-polite-to-chatgpt-heres-where-you-rank-among-ai-chatbot-users Research paper on making AI less 'thirsty': https://arxiv.org/pdf/2304.03271 Washington Post article on water usage claims: https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/09/18/energy-ai-use-electricity-water-data-centers/ Axios article on AI energy consumption: https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-generate-506cb450-1ec4-11f0-9e47-c56f3bfd63d8 New IEA report on Energy and AI: https://iea.blob.core.windows.net/assets/86ed1178-4d77-45ac-ab38-28e849f3b93f/EnergyandAI.pdf Deepfakes Are Getting Too Good (and Too Easy): Article on super recognizers and deepfakes: https://www.biometricupdate.com/202504/super-recognizers-cant-help-with-deepfakes-but-deepfakes-can-help-with-algorithms VentureBeat article on a new (surprisingly good) open-source text-to-speech model: https://venturebeat.com/ai/a-new-open-source-text-to-speech-model-called-dia-has-arrived-to-challenge-elevenlabs-openai-and-more/ What Is a 'Vibe Coder' and Why Don't You Wanna Be One: Vibe Coding job board: https://www.vibecodecareers.com Italian Newspaper Says It Has Published World's First AI-Generated Edition: The Guardian article: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/mar/18/italian-newspaper-says-it-has-published-worlds-first-ai-generated-edition Reuters article: https://www.reuters.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/italian-newspaper-gives-free-rein-ai-admires-its-irony-2025-04-18/ *** THE BOILERPLATE *** Check out Perry & Mason's other show, the Digital Folklore Podcast: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/digital-folklore/id1657374458 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2v1BelkrbSRSkHEP4cYffj?si=u4XTTY4pR4qEqh5zMNSVQA Other: https://digitalfolklore.fm  Want to connect with us? Here's how: Connect with Perry: Perry on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/perrycarpenter Perry on X: https://x.com/perrycarpenter Perry on BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/perrycarpenter.bsky.social Connect with Mason: Mason on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mason-amadeus-a853a7242/ Mason on BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/wickedinterest.ing Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome back to The FAIK Files! In this week's episode: Mason talks about AI powered spreadsheets! ... it's cooler than it sounds Perry & Mason cover a few fascinating AI headlines that caught our attention this week Mason takes us on a journey into musician Benn Jordan's innovative "Poisonify" project that disrupts AI training on music And our AI Dumpster Fire of the Week: AI Chatbots that will call your parents so you don't have to! ===== Learn more about the upcoming OFFENSIVE CYBER DECEPTION MASTERCLASS (Las Vegas, August 2-5, 2025) please visit this link: https://tinyurl.com/5ytpvjv7 ===== Want to leave us a voicemail? Here's the magic link to do just that: https://sayhi.chat/FAIK You can also join our Discord server here: ⁠⁠https://faik.to/discord⁠ ***** NOTES AND REFERENCES ***** AI Race Dominance & Personal Updates: Google's DeepMind creates AI that developed its own improved reinforcement learning guidelines: https://www.reddit.com/r/singularity/comments/1jzw1z8/google_deepminds_new_ai_used_rl_to_create_its_own Gemini integration with Google Sheets: https://www.reddit.com/r/singularity/comments/1jzyzgw/gemini_now_works_in_google_sheets Three Interesting AI Headlines: Ethical AI training data initiative - FAIRLY TRAINED: https://www.fairlytrained.org Ed Newton-Rex TED Talk on ethical AI: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9d0p96N1iw Concerns about energy policy and AI: https://www.theverge.com/energy/646011/trump-says-the-future-of-ai-is-powered-by-coal Humanoid Robot Half Marathon Postponed Due to Weather: https://www.reuters.com/technology/worlds-first-humanoid-robot-half-marathon-postponed-due-windy-weather-2025-04-10/ Sam Altman interview at the 2025 TED conference in Vancouver: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MWT_doo68k OpenAI updates its system for evaluating AI risks: https://www.axios.com/2025/04/15/openai-risks-frameworks-changes Benn Jordan's Poisonify & AI Music Protection: Benn Jordan's video explaining Poisonify: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMYm2d9bmEA VoiceSwap - Jordan's ethical AI music company: https://voiceswap.ai Harmony Cloak research: https://mosis.eecs.utk.edu/harmonycloak.html Similar technologies: Nightshade and Glaze (adversarial noise approaches) AI Dumpster Fire of the Week: AI service that calls your elderly parents: https://www.404media.co/i-tested-the-ai-that-calls-your-elderly-parents-if-you-cant-bothered/ Research showing AI chatbots may negatively impact mental health: https://www.media.mit.edu/publications/how-ai-and-human-behaviors-shape-psychosocial-effects-of-chatbot-use-a-longitudinal-controlled-study/ Academic paper on mental impacts of talking to chatbots: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2503.17473 Experiment where someone replaced all their relationships with chatbots: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZg1FHT9gA0 *** THE BOILERPLATE *** Check out Perry & Mason's other show, the Digital Folklore Podcast: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/digital-folklore/id1657374458 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2v1BelkrbSRSkHEP4cYffj?si=u4XTTY4pR4qEqh5zMNSVQA Other: https://digitalfolklore.fm  Want to connect with us? Here's how: Connect with Perry: Perry on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/perrycarpenter Perry on X: https://x.com/perrycarpenter Perry on BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/perrycarpenter.bsky.social Connect with Mason: Mason on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mason-amadeus-a853a7242/ Mason on BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/wickedinterest.ing Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices