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The FAIK Files

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 news, research, and real-world examples. Join us for a thought-provoking journey into a world where anything can be faked, truth is increasingly elusive, and human nature meets artificial intelligence head-on.

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85:42

The FART FARTS Files...

The FAIK Files ·

2025/11/21

Welcome back to The FAIK Files!In this week's episode: Google announces the Gemini 3 collection and the new Antigravity IDE. New research reveals how AI-edited images and videos can successfully implant false memories. We look at Parallel Multimodal Large Diffusion Language Models. Russian bloggers are using AI-generated videos to depict false scenarios regarding Ukrainian troops. Want to leave us a voicemail? Here's the magic link to do just that:

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65:54

A.I. Made The News Again

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2025/11/14

Welcome back to The FAIK Files!In this week's episode: Can AI models get "brain rot" just like humans? We look at how AI-generated videos are now fooling major news outlets. An Australian radio group goes all-in on AI for its news media. AI enters our world in some very awkward ways, including weddings and chatbot religion. 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:

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47:10

Embracing the Future (with Erica Orange)

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2025/10/31

Welcome back to The FAIK Files! This week, we're bringing you an interview from the vault. On January 13th 2025, we had a chance to sit down with Erica Orange! Erica is the author of AI + The New Human Frontier, where she explores the profound impact of AI on humanity’s future, offering visionary insights into the intersection of technology, trust, and human ingenuity. Featured in Wired, Bloomberg, NPR, and CBS This Morning, Erica is recognized as one of the world’s 50 Top Female Futurists and

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75:31

The Trough of Disillusionment

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2025/10/24

Welcome back to The FAIK Files!In this week's episode: Google begins rolling out Gemini 3.0 and other AI updates. We look at new studies showing where AI gets it wrong, from misrepresenting news to writing vulnerable code. The latest on AI-driven job loss, including leaked documents from Amazon. A roundup of recent deepfake stories, including a Tory MP and the Irish election. ----> Check out Perry and Cameron Malin's "Deepfake Ops" course:

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75:44

Gettin' Sloppy Wit It

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2025/10/17

Welcome back to The FAIK Files!In this week's episode: OpenAI's Sora faces copyright issues and user complaints about censorship, despite scaling up with new partnerships. We discuss the proliferation of Sora 2 watermark removers and the challenges in detecting AI-generated content. Discord reports a major data breach involving 1.5 TB of data and 2 million government ID photos. A man loses access to nuclear secrets after storing AI-generated 'robot porn' on a government

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47:35

Inclusive, Empowering, & Confident Approaches to AI...

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2025/10/10

Jocelyn Burnham (she/her) is a leading independent artificial intelligence communicator, workshop leader, and speaker, specialising in AI learning in the creative and cultural sectors through creativity and playfulness. She has been commissioned by organisations including Arts Council England, Tate, The Church of England, Historic Royal Palaces, Art Fund, Shakespeare's Globe, RADA, Kew and Bloomberg Philanthropies to produce bespoke AI workshops and resources. Learn more about Jocelyn and her

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71:25

Vibes, Slop, & Silicon Valley

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2025/10/03

Welcome back to The FAIK Files!In this week's episode: Microsoft introduces "Vibe Working" with "Agent Mode" and "Office Agent" in Microsoft 365 Copilot. We explore the hype and backlash surrounding AI video, including the saga of Tilly Norwood. Meta launches "Vibes," a new feed featuring AI-generated short-form videos, while OpenAI drops Sora 2. More chatbot woes are reported, alongside a fun exploit allowing takeover of Unitree Robots. ----> Check out Perry and Cameron Malin's

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76:17

Your AI Friends 'Love' You...

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2025/09/26

Welcome back to The FAIK Files!In this week's episode: OpenAI is feeling the pressure to meet demand, widening the scope of "Stargate" and looking at debt financing for chips by 2025. Creepy AI companion toys are posing risks to student mental health, and we look at a family's unsettling week with one. Microsoft is bringing Claude to Copilot, diversifying beyond OpenAI, while xAI is suing OpenAI for allegedly poaching talent and secrets. An AI safety tool sparked backlash after

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65:38

Mind Reading the Room

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2025/09/19

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

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45:22

From the Vault: Deepfakes and the Spectrum of...

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2025/09/12

Hey folks! This week we're recovering from a few technical difficulties, so we're bringing you one from the vault. This is from the thing that started it all -- the miniseries based on my book, FAIK. This episode covers chapter 6: Deepfakes and the Spectrum of Digital Deception. Get the Book (Amazon Associate Link): ⁠FAIK: A Practical Guide to Living in a World of Deepfakes, Disinformation, and AI-Generated Deceptions⁠ Check out the website for more info:

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67:54

Hacking Consciousness and Ordering Chaos

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2025/09/05

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

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66:05

Well... that's not good!

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2025/08/29

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

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38:50

Power Struggles

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2025/08/22

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:

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65:56

It's a Personality Problem

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2025/08/15

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

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49:27

How to Think Like a Hacker (with Ted Harrington)

The FAIK Files ·

2025/08/08

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

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53:58

Video Killed the ...

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2025/08/01

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

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56:35

Dark Knowledge & Hidden Agendas

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2025/07/25

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

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61:47

AI Oopsies!!

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2025/07/18

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

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56:29

Climbing Through the Context Window

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2025/07/11

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

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50:31

Cognitive Inoculation: Winn Schwartau and the Metawar

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2025/07/04

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

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