The FAIK Files

By Perry Carpenter | N2K Networks

The FAIK Files explores the mysterious and often wacky intersection of AI, technology, and humanity. From cognitive warfare to digital deception, we examine how AI is reshaping our reality through new... more

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March 28, 2025The Silence of the Cyber-Lambs
Welcome back to the FAIK Files!
In this episode:
Perry cracks open a chaotic grab bag: A couple updates from Perry and the National Cybersecurity Alliance. Plus two new reality-bending image models that raise the bar again — this time with people that really look like people and text that actually looks like text!
We sit down with former FBI special agent, Cameron Malin.— a deception expert and behavioral profiler who helped build the FBI’s Cyber Behavioral Analysis Unit from the ground up. If you’ve ever wondered how the feds spot a lie before it’s even told, this one’s for you.
And we wrap with our AI Dumpster Fire of the Week: a hot mess of slop, bots, and algorithmic trash that’s flooding the internet with synthetic sludge.
===== Learn more about the upcoming OFFENSIVE CYBER DECEPTION MASTERCLASS (Las Vegas, August 2-5, 2025) please visit this link: https://tinyurl.com/5ytpvjv7 =====

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*** NOTES AND REFERENCES ***

A Grab Bag of AI Updates:
Perry's SEC session:
Video: Presentation started at the 1hr 17min mark, but you should watch the whole thing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Z0MpgadFnQ
Agenda: https://www.sec.gov/about/advisory-committees/investor-advisory-committee/iac030625-agenda
Written Testimony: https://www.sec.gov/files/carpenter-sec-statements-march2025.pdf
Two new (really good) image generators just dropped.
OpenAI 4o image generation: https://openai.com/index/introducing-4o-image-generation/
Twitter posts showing some of the 4o outputs:
https://x.com/jeremynguyenphd/status/1904925877588394044
https://x.com/BennettWaisbren/status/1905247775190864381
REVE 1.0 https://preview.reve.art/app/explore
https://venturebeat.com/ai/the-new-best-ai-image-generation-model-is-here-say-hello-to-reve-image-1-0
NCA “AI Fools” campaign kit: https://www.staysafeonline.org/articles/ai-fools-stay-sharp
Interview with Cameron Malin, Cyber Behavior Profiler
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cameron-malin-jd-cissp-07688320/
Modus Cyberandi: https://moduscyberandi.com/
Psyber Labs: http://psyber-labs.com/
Upcoming OFFENSIVE CYBER DECEPTION MASTERCLASS (Las Vegas, August 2-5, 2025) please visit this link: https://tinyurl.com/5ytpvjv7
AI Dumpster Fire of the Week: AI Slop, Bots, and More are Killing the Internet
AI Slop Is a Brute Force Attack on the Algorithms That Control Reality, (404 Media): https://www.404media.co/ai-slop-is-a-brute-force-attack-on-the-algorithms-that-control-reality/
The Dead Internet Theory: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_Internet_theory
The ‘dead internet theory’ makes eerie claims about an AI-run web. The truth is more sinister, (The Conversation): https://theconversation.com/the-dead-internet-theory-makes-eerie-claims-about-an-ai-run-web-the-truth-is-more-sinister-229609
*** 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

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1h 24min
March 21, 2025Why AI Still Can't Be Trusted ...And Neither Can We
Welcome back to the FAIK Files!

In this episode, we take a look at China's groundbreaking (yet controversial) requirement to label all AI-generated content. We also explore some unsettling experiments that show just how it is to manipulate an AI system's biases and opinions. Plus -- is reliance on AI making us dumber? And our AI Dumpster Fire of the week is all about how AI-powered search engines keep confidently serving up misinformation, broken links, and outright lies.

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*** NOTES AND REFERENCES ***China's New AI Data Labeling Requirement
Tom's Hardware -- China will enforce clear flagging of all AI generated content starting from September: https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/china-will-enforce-clear-flagging-of-all-ai-generated-content-starting-from-september
Futurism -- All AI-Generated Material Must Be Labeled Online, China Announces: https://futurism.com/ai-generated-material-labeled-china
Changing the Opinions of LLMs:
Kevin Roose experiment: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/30/technology/ai-chatbot-chatgpt-manipulation.html
NewsGard research: https://www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/a-well-funded-moscow-based-global
Is Easy Access to AI killing our ability to think?
Vox -- The case for using your brain — even if AI can think for you: https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/403100/ai-brain-effects-technology-phones
Technology Connections -- Algorithms are breaking how we think: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEJpZjg8GuA
Dumpster Fire of the Week: AI Search Can't be Trusted (... at least not yet)
Colombia Journalism Review -- AI Search Has a Citation Problem: https://www.cjr.org/tow_center/we-compared-eight-ai-search-engines-theyre-all-bad-at-citing-news.php
Ars Technica -- AI search engines cite incorrect news sources at an alarming 60% rate, study says: https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/03/ai-search-engines-give-incorrect-answers-at-an-alarming-60-rate-study-says/
*** 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
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

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March 14, 2025Speaking of Deception: AI Voice Scams, Creative Uses, & More
Welcome back to the FAIK Files!

This week, we explore the creative and mischievous ways AI voices can be created and used -- everything from simple voice cloning, to character acting, the legal issues in authenticating voice recording, to the full weaponization of AI voices for scams and information warfare.

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*** NOTES AND REFERENCES ***
Fun and Fear with AI Voice Clones:
Making a deepfake voice with ElevenLabs. https://try.elevenlabs.io/FAIK
Courts are Struggling with How to Verify Audio Evidence:
The complications of “authenticating” voice in court. https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/ai-generated-voice-evidence-poses-dangers-in-court
Can AI Act?:
Hank Azaria Video: https://youtu.be/1Hz19kpCse4?si=1xwOZ0YoCppiTewi
Mason pushes an AI character acting to the edge!
AI Dumpster Fire of the Week -- It's way too easy to Weaponize AI Voices at Scale
Demo of Perry's AI Voice Scambot: https://blog.knowbe4.com/proved-unsuspecting-call-recipients-are-super-vulnerable-to-ai-vishing
How bad actors can weaponize commercial-grade systems like ElevenLabs, HeyGen, Akool, and more (affiliate links)
*** 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
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

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54min
March 07, 2025Adblockers, Emotional AI, & Kung-Fu Dishwashing Robots
Welcome back to the FAIK Files!

To learn more about the upcoming Offensive Cyber Deception Masterclass (delivered in person in Las Vegas, August 2-5, 2025) please visit this link: https://tinyurl.com/5ytpvjv7

On this week's episode,
We explore some updates to familiar AI tools like Suno, some new models like Wan2.0, and talk about Perry's upcoming Offensive Cyber Deception class this summer!
Perry hypnotizes SesameAI into divulging its innermost thoughts and feelings
Mason breaks down why some people are reporting that Google Chrome is killing their adblockers
The Dumpster Fire for this week comes in the form of humanoid robots that can dance, do your dishes, and also beat you senseless - with style!
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*** NOTES AND REFERENCES ***
Quick Hit Headlines:
The AI video of the Statue of Liberty that tricked Mason: https://bsky.app/profile/profgalloway.com/post/3ljjare2qwc26
To learn more about the upcoming Offensive Cyber Deception Masterclass (delivered in person in Las Vegas, August 2-5, 2025) please visit this link: https://tinyurl.com/5ytpvjv7
Suno releases new editing tools: https://sunoaiwiki.com/news/2024/09-30-suno-announces-new-editing-feature/
Wan2.1 Video Model: https://wan21ai.com/
Hume AI text-to-voice with tone/emotion recognition: https://hume.ai/
Sesame Voice AI:
Talk to Sesame AI Maya or Miles yourself! https://www.sesame.com/research/crossing_the_uncanny_valley_of_voice#demo
Google Chrome Killing Adblockers:
A great blog post about what's going on: https://www.ctrl.blog/entry/removing-webrequest-api.html
AI Dumpster Fire of the Week:
The funny TikTok about that creepy robot (uncensored): https://www.tiktok.com/@garron_music/video/7474282462823189782?_r=1&_t=ZP-8u8WDZbQWLe
The Unitree Robotics YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@unitreerobotics
Kung Fu Robot kicks a stick out of some dude's hand: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0C-LU0cnqB8
The dancing robot routine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrjxmJWo3IY
*** 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
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

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1h 9min
February 28, 2025Behavior Models, Temperature Tweaks, and Safety Battles
Welcome back to the FAIK Files!
On this week's episode,
We explore the world of AI hallucinations. What causes them? Do they make AI useless, or could they potentially lead to scientific breakthroughs
We dive into emerging AI models like Large Behavior Models (LBMs) and how they differ from traditional Large Language Models
We examine the ongoing battle for AI safety with a focus on xAI's newest release, Grok 3
And finally, DeepSeek is still causing ripples
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*** NOTES AND REFERENCES ***
Exploring AI Hallucinations:
Twitter discussion on AI hallucinations: https://xcancel.com/blakkos/status/1894059713563648388
Understanding temperature in LLMs: https://masteringllm.medium.com/demystifying-the-temperature-parameter-a-visual-guide-to-understanding-its-role-in-large-language-d9e8ea4b9956
The New York Times: "AI Hallucinations Leading to Scientific Breakthroughs?": https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/23/science/ai-hallucinations-science.html
Fun with Suno AI music generation: Mason's podcast song: https://suno.com/song/cfce40a7-e351-43ec-b08b-54c1f0b65b75
Emerging AI Models:
Simple Diffusion Language Models: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjAUX23vgfg
Large Language Diffusion Models: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxeR1D8T87M
Unbox AI and MIT Sloan AI & ML Conference presentation on BehaviorGPT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oq5Y1XB85XA
The Battle for AI Safety:
xAI's newest release - Grok 3: https://www.marketingaiinstitute.com/blog/grok-3-launch
Linus Ekenstam raises concerns about Grok 3's capabilities:
https://x.com/LinusEkenstam/status/1893739332143370323
https://x.com/linusekenstam/status/1894024481573609731?s=46&t=XEIHLL9DqeJomrpzuO8-aA
An interesting NSFW demo of Grok voice mode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOUjfgtwFR4
AI Dumpster Fire of the Week:
Sen. Josh Hawley's legislation to "prohibit the import from or export to China of artificial intelligence technology": https://www.hawley.senate.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Hawley-Decoupling-Americas-Artificial-Intelligence-Capabilities-from-China-Act.pdf
*** 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
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

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1h 6min
February 21, 2025Cybercriminals Love AI, Librarians Do Not
Welcome back to the FAIK Files!

On this week's episode,
We (oh so carefully) touch on how different countries are staking positions on the future of AI
Mason offers a bit of self-correction and self-reflection before discussing some the strange nature of how agentic AI systems and robots need to conform the fact that the web and the world was built to be navigated by humans, not machines
Perry gives perspective on some new research findings by CheckPoint which show that cybercriminals are flocking to LLMs from China.
And our AI Dumpster fire of the Week is about how AI slop is becoming a real problem for librarians.
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*** NOTES AND REFERENCES ***

Global Positions on AI Safety:
Clip from JD Vance's speech at the AI Action Summit in France
Trump rescinds Biden's executive order on AI safety:
In A World Built for Humans:
Clarification on Tom Paton's work and AI limitations: Interview with Tom Paton
Microsoft Research: OmniParser v2
Meta is Making Humanoid Robots
AI Security Concerns:
CheckPoint Research on DeepSeek and Alibaba LLMs: https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/deepseek-alibaba-llms-malware/
AI Dumpster Fire of the Week:
UPDATE: Hoopla to REMOVE AI-Generated Books
Original Report: https://www.404media.co/email/7a1109dd-e6cd-46ac-be2f-a6d6461fc2ff/?ref=daily-stories-newsletter
*** 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
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

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1h
February 14, 2025Love is in the AI
Welcome back to The FAIK Files! When tech gets weird, we're here to help make sense of it all.
In this week's show:
Mason shares his perspective on "Where the Robots Grow" --which is claimed to be "one of the first fully AI-animated feature films."
Lisa Plaggemier from the National Cybersecurity Alliance talks to us about Romance Scams
And our AI dumpster fire of the week is Elon Musk's (somewhat desperate) grab for OpenAI
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*** NOTES AND REFERENCES ***
Where the Robots Grow (the first full-length animated feature created by AI?):
ElevenLabs write-up on LinkedIN
Full movie
IMDB Entry
BTW -- we love and use ElevenLabs personally. If you want to check it out, please use our affiliate code: https://try.elevenlabs.io/8vcg17tr6uyp
Interview:
Lisa Plaggemier's LinkedIn profile
National Cybersecurity Alliance (NCA) website
NCA Romance Scam info and toolkit
NCA Video Series: Kubikle
AI Dumpster Fire -- Elon Musk offers to buy Open AI for 97.4B:
WSJ: Elon Musk-Led Group Makes $97.4 Billion Bid for Control of OpenAI
Reuters: OpenAI's board has not received Musk's takeover bid, source says
Ars Technica: Sam Altman: OpenAI is not for sale, even for Elon Musk’s $97 billion offer
OpenAI: Elon Musk wanted an OpenAI for profit
OpenAI: OpenAI and Elon Musk
*** 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
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

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58min
February 07, 2025Jailbreaking Bad: The AI Industry is Cooked
Welcome back to The FAIK Files! When tech gets weird, we're here to help make sense of it all.
In this week's show:
We explore how randomness in AI systems creates the illusion of thought
A disturbing case of AI chatbots being weaponized for cyberstalking
Anthropic's new approach to preventing AI jailbreaks
And our AI dumpster fire of the week is... AI... the whole thing... all of it
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*** NOTES AND REFERENCES ***
Randomness in AI Systems:
Overview of deterministic vs stochastic systems in AI
Understanding temperature settings in LLMs
How diffusion models use random seeds
Discussion of parameters like top-K and top-P
Relationship between randomness and perceived intelligence
Lots of good overviews available at the Prompt Engineering Guide website: https://www.promptingguide.ai/introduction/settings
AI-Enabled Cyberstalking:
The Guardian: Stalking AI Chatbot Impersonator
Case study of James Florence's 7-year cyberstalking campaign
Discussion of platforms CrushOn.ai and JanitorAI
Implications for future harassment scenarios
Anthropic's Constitutional Classifiers:
Anthropic's post: Constitutional Classifiers: Defending against universal jailbreaks
Anthropic's demo website: https://claude.ai/constitutional-classifiers
Details of 3,000+ hours of red-teaming with 405 participants
System architecture and implementation
Success rate: 95% of jailbreak attempts blocked
Only 23.7% inference overhead
AI Dumpster Fire -- The entire AI industry:
Inconsistent naming conventions across companies
Bad and inconsistent public relations strategies
Arms race between US and China
Environmental and ethical concerns
And more...
*** 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
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

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January 31, 2025DeepSeek Disrupts Everything
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:
DeepSeek -- the little LLM from China that's taking the world by storm.
Perry & Mason interview voice artist Keith Brown to see what he learned about AI while narrating Perry's book.
And our AI dumpster fire of the week doesn't disappoint!
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://discord.gg/cThqEnMhJz

*** NOTES AND REFERENCES ***

DeepSeek comes in swinging:
Chinese Open-Source AI DeepSeek R1 Matches OpenAI's o1 at 98% Lower Cost
Deep seek Janus-Pro-7B: A Breakthrough in Multimodal AI
DeepSeek's chatbot achieves 17% accuracy, trails Western rivals in NewsGuard audit
OpenAI Furious DeepSeek Might Have Stolen All the Data OpenAI Stole From Us
Keith Brown Interview:
Keith Brown's website
FAIK on Audiobook (Amazon Associates link)
AI Dumpster Fire of the Week (more DeepSeek):
Jevons paradox
What Is 'Jevons Paradox' And How Is It Tied To DeepSeek AI?
Experiment showing DeepSeek actively erasing what it knows about certain events
Experiment to show DeepSeek's bias
Andy Ayrey asks DeepSeek to write a story
Anthropic's paper on LLM Sleeper Agents
Also be sure to check out chapter 4 of Perry's book, which covers inherent bias, sleeper agents, etc...
*** 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
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

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January 24, 2025Of Spies and Hitmen
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://discord.gg/cThqEnMhJz

*** 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
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

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