May 30, 2025

Prove Yourself

1 hour 21 minutes

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

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******* 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

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By Perry Carpenter | N2K Networks

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