The FAIK Files

Of Spies and Hitmen

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Welcome back to The FAIK Files! When tech gets weird, we're here to help make sense of it all.


This week, we’re tackling:

  • Mason is out this week, so Perry is doing his best not to screw anything up too badly.
  • We've got some new videos posted about how deepfakes work -- everything from those fake celebrity endorsements to realtime deepfakes that can happen in live videoconferences.
  • Perry & Mason interview FBI counter-terrorism and counterintelligence operative, Eric O'Neill
  • It looks like we are on the verge of AI Agents that can not only book travel for you... but also search the dark web and hire assassins on your behalf!


    • Subscribe to our BRAND NEW YouTube channel! We'll be adding a wide variety of content shortly, but would love your help building the subscriber base up before we release our first video. You can find the channel at: https://www.youtube.com/@theFAIKfiles


    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 ***

    Check out your new YouTube videos about Deepfakes... and more:

    • Inside a celebrity deepfake: How I Made Taylor Swift 'Endorse' My Book (https://youtu.be/mCx38_SeT_U)
    • How to create real-time deepfakes (a.k.a. I became Taylor Swift...for Science!) (https://youtu.be/nKhtTIV6vxU)
    • Will be posting more soon. We'd also love suggestions for anything you'd like covered.
    • FAIK (the book) resources and activities page (https://thisbookisfaik.com/resources)
    • Press release about the Resources page (https://www.cbs42.com/business/press-releases/ein-presswire/776228250/new-educational-toolkit-protects-teachers-and-students-from-ai-driven-cyber-attacks/)


      • Interview with former FBI counter-terrorism and counterintelligence operative, Eric O'Neill:

      • Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_O%27Neill
      • Eric's website: https://ericoneill.net/
      • Gray Day: My Undercover Mission to Expose America's First Cyber Spy - https://amzn.to/3Wu4J04


        • Claude AI Hires a Hitman?:

        • Tweet from Pliny the Liberator about his experiment: https://x.com/elder_plinius/status/1878946571565650264
        • AI Researchers STUNNED as Claude Hires a Darkweb 'Hitman'...(Wes Roth: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5OrAJX7ukY)
        • Anthropic Announcement: Introducing Computer Use (https://www.anthropic.com/news/3-5-models-and-computer-use)
        • Story about Multi-On: An AI assistant just passed the California driving test. Here’s how. (https://sfstandard.com/2023/11/14/multion-ai-assistant-california-driving-test/)
        • OpenAI Preps ‘Operator’ Release For This Week (https://www.theinformation.com/briefings/openai-preps-operator-release-for-this-week?rc=s2adyu)
        • OpenAI: Introducing Operator (https://openai.com/index/introducing-operator/)



          • *** 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: https://digitalfolklore.fm 


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              • 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

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