The FAIK Files | AI Gone Wild: Worrisome Leaks, Misguided Conspiracies, and More

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Welcome back to The FAIK Files--- the show about artificial intelligence and natural nonsense!

In this week's episode:

• Mason shares how ChatGPT became an unexpected hero in solving his home networking and studio challenges
• Perry dives into the mysterious case of "David Mayer" and how a simple ChatGPT privacy patch sparked widespread conspiracy theories
• We explore Tencent's bold entry into AI video generation with their open-source HunyuanVideo model
• And in our AI Dumpster Fire of the Week, we unpack the drama surrounding leaks of multiple models from OpenAI

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*** NOTES AND REFERENCES ***

The ChatGPT Privacy Patch Conspiracy:

• TechCrunch: Why does the name 'David Mayer' crash ChatGPT? OpenAI says privacy tool went rogue
• FastCompany: The Internet is Freaking Out Because ChatGPT Won't Say the Name "David Mayer"
• USA Today: Why won't ChatGPT acknowledge the name David Mayer? Internet users uncover mystery
• YouTube: Solved: Why ChatGPT Will Not Say "David Mayer"
• The Decoder: New York Times writer exposes how AI models can be fooled by invisible text on websites
• NYT: How Do You Change a Chatbot's Mind?

Tencent's HunyuanVideo Release:

• The Decoder: Tencent introduces open source video generator HunyuanVideo and challenges Sora
• TechNode: Tencent launches and open-sources Hunyuan video-generation model
• YouTube: New AI Video Model Storms Onto The Scene!
• HuggingFace: HunyuanVideo Official Model Page
• Research paper about text based sound generation for videos. SonicVisionLM: Playing Sound with Vision Language Models

AI Dumpster Fire of the Week (The Sora Leak):

• TechCrunch: OpenAI's Sora video generator appears to have leaked
• Washington Post: OpenAI hits pause on video model Sora after artists leak access in protest
• Tom's Guide: OpenAI's o1 model leaked on Friday and it is wild — here's what happened
• Leopold Aschenbrenner: SITUATIONAL AWARENESS: The Decade Ahead
• Additional Sora leak from internal preview

*** 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 

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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

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