Quantum Leaps, Corporate Chaos

Welcome back to The FAIK Files! In this week's episode: Quantum computing is accelerating fast Professors staffed a fake company entirely with AI agents (spoiler: chaos) Microsoft is adding native AI agent support to Windows - what could go wrong? The Chicago Sun-Times accidentally printed an AI-generated summer reading list with books that don't exist Check out ⁠⁠⁠The Deception Project⁠⁠⁠ to learn about our upcoming ⁠⁠⁠Offensive Cyber Deception Masterclass⁠⁠⁠ and more. Also check out Perry's new newsletter, Deceptive Minds: a newsletter about how we are fooled, how we fool ourselves, and what we can do about it. Subscribe on LinkedIn ⁠⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/build-relation/newsletter-follow?entityUrn=7319922626200510464⁠⁠⁠ 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 ******* Post-Quantum Cryptography: D-Wave Launches Commercially Available Quantum Computer NVIDIA Powers World's Largest Quantum Research Computer NIST - What is Post-Quantum Cryptography Microsoft Brings Post-Quantum Cryptography to Windows and Linux First Successful Demonstration of Quantum Error Correction Visualising Quantum Computation AI Agent Company Disaster: Research Paper - The Agent Company The Agent Company Website Futurism article Yahoo Tech article Business Insider coverage Microsoft Adding MCP to Windows: Microsoft Blog Post - Securing the Model Context Protocol Reddit Discussion with Screenshots Chicago Sun-Times AI Reading List Fail: 404 Media - AI-Generated Summer Reading List 404 Media Follow-up - Made by Hearst ******* 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 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