The FAIK Files

• Speaking 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. Interested in trying ElevenLabs? Please consider using our affiliate link: https://try.elevenlabs.io/FAIK ***** Subscribe to our YouTube channel! 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 ***** Love the podcast? Check out the book: FAIK: A Practical Guide to Living in a World of Deepfakes, Disinformation, and AI-Generated Deceptions (Amazon Associates link) ***** *** 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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• Adblockers, 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! Subscribe to our YouTube channel! 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 *** 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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• Behavior 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 Subscribe to our YouTube channel! 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 *** 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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• Cybercriminals 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. Subscribe to our BRAND NEW YouTube channel! 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 *** 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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• Love 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 Subscribe to our BRAND NEW YouTube channel! 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 *** 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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