The FAIK Files
Episodes
Unexpected Bias && Distillation Attacks (feat. Paul Vann of Validia.ai)
23 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to The FAIK Files! In this week's episode: Paul Vann from Validia joins us to discuss how AI bias isn't just a social issue—it's a...
Going Deep on Deepfakes (feat. Hany Farid)
13 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to The FAIK Files! In this week's episode: We sit down with deepfake expert Hany Farid to discuss the real-world harms of synthetic ...
The Business of Scamming (feat. Mael from Infoblox)
20 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to The FAIK Files! In this week's episode: Defining "pig butchering" and how it differs from traditional online scams. The human ...
The FAIK Files is CHANGING (for the better!)
06 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Hey there! Mason here with an update about our plans for this show. In a nutshell: we're going bi-weekly, and we're doing project-based experiments a...
Sound, Fury, and Anonymity
30 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to The FAIK Files! In this week's episode: Apple and Google officially partner to bring Gemini-powered answers to Siri. We ...
Governments, Hackers, and Government Hackers (feat. Emily Crose)
23 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to The FAIK Files! In this week's episode, we sit down with Emily Crose, a former US Intelligence Officer and expert in offensive and de...
Attack Your Company with Deepfakes (feat. Jason Thatcher of Breacher.ai)
16 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to The FAIK Files! In this week's special interview episode: We sit down with Jason Thatcher, a Deepfake Red Teaming expert from Bre...
Exploring AI Psychosis (feat. Dr. Ian Gold, author of Suspicious Minds)
09 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to The FAIK Files! In this week's special interview episode: We sit down with Dr. Ian Gold, Professor of Philosophy & Psychiatry at ...
AI Agents Get All Dressed Up
02 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to The FAIK Files! In this week's episode: Join Perry & Brian's "The Mark & The Mask" Workshop: https://faik.to/Convene ...
World's Greatest Con – A Conversation with Brian Brushwood (8th Layer Insights)
26 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This year, we're bringing you one of our favorite episodes from Perry's show "8th Layer Insights". Fun fact: this was the first time Perry and Mason c...
What's My Password? (feat. Dave Lewis of 1Password)
19 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to The FAIK Files! In this week's episode: We sit down with Dave Lewis, Global Advisory CISO for 1Password. We discuss the ...
The Future... It's Complicated
12 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to The FAIK Files! In this week's episode: We explore why RAM prices are skyrocketing and Micron's shift away from consumers. ...
No, No - Not Like THAT!!!
05 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to The FAIK Files! In this week's episode: Leaks confirm OpenAI is preparing to roll out ads on ChatGPT. We discuss Grok's ...
The FART FARTS Files...
21 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to The FAIK Files! In this week's episode: Google announces the Gemini 3 collection and the new Antigravity IDE. New research rev...
A.I. Made The News Again
14 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Embracing the Future (with Erica Orange)
31 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 E...
The Trough of Disillusionment
24 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 show...
Gettin' Sloppy Wit It
17 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to The FAIK Files! In this week's episode: OpenAI's Sora faces copyright issues and user complaints about censorship, despite scalin...
Inclusive, Empowering, & Confident Approaches to AI (feat. Jocelyn Burnham)
10 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jocelyn Burnham (she/her) is a leading independent artificial intelligence communicator, workshop leader, and speaker, specialising in AI learning in ...
Vibes, Slop, & Silicon Valley
03 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to The FAIK Files! In this week's episode: Microsoft introduces "Vibe Working" with "Agent Mode" and "Office Agent" in Microsoft 365...
Your AI Friends 'Love' You...
26 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 looki...
Mind Reading the Room
19 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 actua...
From the Vault: Deepfakes and the Spectrum of Digital Deception
12 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Hacking Consciousness and Ordering Chaos
05 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to The FAIK Files! In this week's episode: HexStrike - the AI-powered hacking tool that can exploit zero-day vulnerabilities in minu...
Well... that's not good!
29 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Power Struggles
22 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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...
It's a Personality Problem
15 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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...
How to Think Like a Hacker (with Ted Harrington)
08 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 Indep...
Video Killed the ...
01 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to The FAIK Files! In this week's episode: NVIDIA’s Diffusion Renderer: We explore NVIDIA's new research into real-time diffusi...
Dark Knowledge & Hidden Agendas
25 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to The FAIK Files! In this week's episode: Subliminal Learning: Listener "Max" brings us a fascinating (and concerning) story about...
AI Oopsies!!
18 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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, ...
Climbing Through the Context Window
11 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to The FAIK Files! In this week's episode: Meet Claude, Small Business Owner Tricking AI – two different ways Shifting Polic...
Cognitive Inoculation: Winn Schwartau and the Metawar
04 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to The FAIK Files! This week, we're sharing our interview with Winn Schwartau! Winn Schwartau is a respected authority in information s...
Making Bad Decisions? There's an AI for That
27 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to The FAIK Files! In this week's episode: Does ChatGPT make us dumber? AI chatbots are amplifying disinformation Anthropic's ...
We're Out Sick (The REMIX)
20 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Is AI Getting Too Real?
13 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to The FAIK Files! In this week's episode: OpenAI's models are reportedly resisting human commands to shut down A controversial n...
Artistically Inclined???
06 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 pr...
Prove Yourself
30 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Quantum Leaps, Corporate Chaos
23 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to The FAIK Files! In this week's episode: Quantum computing is accelerating fast Professors staffed a fake company entirely with...
Strategic Ghosts, Synthetic Hosts
16 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 resurrec...
AI "Friends" and Enemies
09 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 act...
AI's Behavioral Extremes
02 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to The FAIK Files! In this week's episode: We explore the One Million Chessboards project, a massive collaborative web experiment wh...
Artifacts of Deception (Deceptive Minds - issue #2)
29 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is the 2nd of two sample episodes/issues of Perry's audio newsletter. If you enjoy these and want to keep listening, go ahead and subscribe here....
Introducing: Deceptive Minds (an audio newsletter experience)
29 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hey listeners, Perry Carpenter here. I've got something exciting that I think you'll be interested in. It's the audio version of a newsletter that ...
Civility & Other Dangerous Games
25 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to The FAIK Files! In this week's episode: Why being polite to ChatGPT might be wasting Sam Altman's money Alarming advancements ...
Poisoned Tunes & Robot Phone Calls to Mom
18 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to The FAIK Files! In this week's episode: Mason talks about AI powered spreadsheets! ... it's cooler than it sounds Perry & Ma...
Feed Drop: AI Hype & Skepticism - Me, Myself, and AI
14 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Subscribe to Me, Myself, and AI: https://sloanreview.mit.edu/audio-series/me-myself-and-ai/ Today we're sharing with you an episode of another show ...
Functionally Useless, But Undeniably Cool
11 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the FAIK Files! In this episode: Mason fills in for Perry as best he can, with a mix of topics that all fall under the broad umb...
Prompt Wars, AI Cognition & Video Deception
04 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the FAIK Files! In this week's episode: We explore "Prompt Wars," an asynchronous multiplayer LLM competition where players cra...
The Silence of the Cyber-Lambs
28 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the FAIK Files! In this episode: Perry cracks open a chaotic grab bag: A couple updates from Perry and the National Cybersecurit...
Why AI Still Can't Be Trusted ...And Neither Can We
21 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Speaking of Deception: AI Voice Scams, Creative Uses, & More
14 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Adblockers, Emotional AI, & Kung-Fu Dishwashing Robots
07 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the FAIK Files! To learn more about the upcoming Offensive Cyber Deception Masterclass (delivered in person in Las Vegas, August 2-...
Behavior Models, Temperature Tweaks, and Safety Battles
28 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Cybercriminals Love AI, Librarians Do Not
21 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 fut...
Love is in the AI
14 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Jailbreaking Bad: The AI Industry is Cooked
07 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
DeepSeek Disrupts Everything
31 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 li...
Of Spies and Hitmen
24 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Zuckerberg, TikTok, and Treadmills That Sniff
17 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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: Meta’s latest m...
Weapons, Whispers, and AI Gone Rogue
10 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to The FAIK Files: the show that keeps you informed on all things artificial intelligence and natural nonsense. In this week's episod...
The Intersection of AI and Authenticity
03 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the show that keeps you informed on all things artificial intelligence and natural nonsense. In this episode, Perry & Mason talk a...
Holiday Special: AI Safety Update
27 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the show that keeps you informed on all things artificial intelligence and natural nonsense. In our holiday episode, Mason opens a...
The Butcher Will Scam You Now
20 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the show that keeps you informed on all things artificial intelligence and natural nonsense. Warning: today's episode gets a bit d...
AI Gone Wild: Worrisome Leaks, Misguided Conspiracies, and More
13 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to The FAIK Files--- the show about artificial intelligence and natural nonsense! In this week's episode: Mason shares how ChatGPT...
A Hunch about Hutch
06 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to The FAIK Files— the show about artificial intelligence and natural nonsense! In this week’s episode: Mason has an update on...
Consciousness, Scams, and Death Threats
29 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Happy FAIKs-giving everyone! Welcome to the newly renovated and relaunched FAIK Files podcast. On this week's episode, Perry & Mason cover Anthropic's...
Step Into The FAIK Files!
27 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The FAIK Files explores the mysterious and often wacky intersection of AI, technology, and humanity. From cognitive warfare to digital deception, we e...
FAIK Miniseries | Ch 10: A New Hope
30 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is Part Ten of a ten-part miniseries exploring Perry Carpenter's latest book, FAIK: A Practical Guide to Living in a World of Deepfakes, Disinfor...
FAIK Miniseries | Ch 9: Cognitive and Technical Defense Strategies - Tools for Protection
28 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is Part Nine of a ten-part miniseries exploring Perry Carpenter's latest book, FAIK: A Practical Guide to Living in a World of Deepfakes, Disinfo...
FAIK Miniseries | Ch 8: Media Literacy in the Age of AI - Your First Line of Defense
21 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is Part Eight of a ten-part miniseries exploring Perry Carpenter's latest book, FAIK: A Practical Guide to Living in a World of Deepfakes, Disinf...
FAIK Miniseries | Ch 7: The Now and Future of AI-Driven Deception
21 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is Part Seven of a ten-part miniseries exploring Perry Carpenter's latest book, FAIK: A Practical Guide to Living in a World of Deepfakes, Disinf...
FAIK Miniseries | Ch 6: Deepfakes and the Spectrum of Digital Deception
14 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is Part Six of a ten-part miniseries exploring Perry Carpenter's latest book, FAIK: A Practical Guide to Living in a World of Deepfakes, Disinfor...
FAIK Miniseries | Ch 5: The Digital Disinformation Pandemic
14 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is Part Five of a ten-part miniseries exploring Perry Carpenter's latest book, FAIK: A Practical Guide to Living in a World of Deepfakes, Disinfo...
FAIK Miniseries | Ch 4: Bias, Data Poisoning, & Output Oddities
07 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is Part Four of a ten-part miniseries exploring Perry Carpenter's latest book, FAIK: A Practical Guide to Living in a World of Deepfakes, Disinfo...
FAIK Miniseries | Ch 3: The Mindset and Tools of a Digital Manipulator
07 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is Part Three of a ten-part miniseries exploring Perry Carpenter's latest book, FAIK: A Practical Guide to Living in a World of Deepfakes, Disinf...
FAIK Miniseries | Ch 2: New Frontiers of Deception: AI and Synthetic Media
30 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is Part Two of a ten-part miniseries exploring Perry Carpenter's latest book, FAIK: A Practical Guide to Living in a World of Deepfakes, Disinfor...
FAIK Miniseries | Ch 1: The Eternal Battle for the Mind
30 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is Part One of a ten-part miniseries exploring Perry Carpenter's latest book, FAIK: A Practical Guide to Living in a World of Deepfakes, Disinfor...