The FAIK Files
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.
Episodes
September 19, 2025 • 65 mins
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...
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September 12, 2025 • 45 mins
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
Ch...
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September 5, 2025 • 67 mins
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? Her...
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August 29, 2025 • 66 mins
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 ...
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August 22, 2025 • 38 mins
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...
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August 15, 2025 • 65 mins
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...
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August 8, 2025 • 49 mins
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...
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August 1, 2025 • 53 mins
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 S...
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July 25, 2025 • 55 mins
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
...
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July 18, 2025 • 60 mins
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-...
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July 11, 2025 • 55 mins
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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July 4, 2025 • 49 mins
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 w...
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June 27, 2025 • 64 mins
Welcome back to The FAIK Files!
In this week's episode:
Does ChatGPT make us dumber?
AI chatbots are amplifying disinformation
Anthropic's recent "fair use" court victory and what it actually means
Dumpster fire of the week: ChatGPT babysitters and therapy chatbots
Check out Perry's new website, The Deception Project and newsletter, Deceptive Minds: a newsletter about how we are fooled, how we fool ou...
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June 20, 2025 • 2 mins
This week, there' s no real episode! Instead, please enjoy this song-summary of what we had planned to cover today.
If you want to dig in on your own, here's the sources we were planning to talk about:
SEGMENT 1: YOUR BRAIN ON CHAT GPT
Does LLM use build up "cognitive debt" and make you dumber? (Probably not TBH)
Media page from the authors of the study: https://www.brainonllm.com
The study itself: https://arxiv.org/...
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June 13, 2025 • 69 mins
Welcome back to The FAIK Files!
In this week's episode:
OpenAI's models are reportedly resisting human commands to shut down
A controversial new research paper questions whether AI systems actually "think" or just create an illusion of reasoning.
How generative AI exploits the same psychological triggers as gambling—"just one more prompt, bro!"
Google's VEO-3 and ElevenLabs 3 are creating deepfakes so convincing they'...
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June 6, 2025 • 67 mins
Welcome back to The FAIK Files!
In this week's episode:
Perry is on some kind of secret government mission???
Mason showcases a cool AI art project, and some behind-the-scenes processes of integrating AI elements into art.
We explore some more eye-rolling and stupid uses of AI art, including in scientific publishing and the music industry
And we interview Chris Machowski, artist and overall creative powerhouse behind ...
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May 30, 2025 • 81 mins
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
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 ...
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May 23, 2025 • 71 mins
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 upcomin...
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May 16, 2025 • 76 mins
Welcome back to The FAIK Files!
In this week's episode:
An Australian radio station created a fake Asian female host using AI
The BBC resurrects Agatha Christie while a family member brings a murder victim to court
We break down "Strategic Text Strings" - sequences of gibberish that can jailbreak AI systems
AI recruitment tools might be making hiring worse, not better
Check out The Deception Project to learn ab...
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May 9, 2025 • 66 mins
Welcome back to The FAIK Files!
In this week's episode:
That AI bot may be an undercover AI cop
Playing with Suno's "Cover" Feature
Bad actors using Claude to orchestrate disinfo campaigns
Does being honest about your AI use make people trust you less?
AI companies are looking to cash-in on human loneliness
Check out The Deception Project to learn about our upcoming Offensive Cyber Deception Masterclass and ...
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