Climbing Through the Context Window
The FAIK Files
Exploring AI's Autonomous Business Management
This chapter explores Anthropic and Andon Labs' experiment where an AI named Claude managed an automated office store. It highlights the integration of AI in business operations and discusses insights from the research paper 'Vending Bench' on autonomous agents.
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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
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*** NOTES AND REFERENCES ***
Meet Claude, Small Business Owner:
- Anthropic Made Claude Run a Vending Machine Business: https://www.anthropic.com/research/project-vend-1
- "Vending Bench" - A Benchmark for AI Models Doing Business: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2502.15840
Tricking AI – Two Different Ways:
- 'Positive Review Only': Researchers Hide AI Prompts in Papers: https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Technology/Artificial-intelligence/Positive-review-only-Researchers-hide-AI-prompts-in-papers
- Researchers Jailbreak AI by Flooding It With Bullshit Jargon: https://www.404media.co/researchers-jailbreak-ai-by-flooding-it-with-bullshit-jargon/
Shifting Policies Around AI Content:
- Denmark’s Personal Copyright Legislation:
- Original Guardian Article: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jun/27/deepfakes-denmark-copyright-law-artificial-intelligence
- NYT Article with More Details: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/10/world/europe/denmark-deepfake-copyright-ai-law.html
- YouTube’s Changes to Monetization:
- The Verge: https://www.theverge.com/news/703772/youtube-monetization-policy-update-ai-spam
- The Policy (Stub): https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/10008196?hl=en#zippy=%2Ccommunity-guidelines
- Video from YouTube Insider: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqMijeuaWik
AI Dumpster Fire of the Week:
- Grok 3 Got a 'Politically Incorrect' Update Ahead of Grok 4's Launch: https://www.businessinsider.com/grok-3-politically-incorrect-texas-floods-antisemitic-grok-4-2025
- Elon Musk’s Grok Is Calling for a New Holocaust: https://www.atlantic.com/technology/archive/2025/07/grok-anti-semitic-tweets/683463/
- Musk’s AI Company Scrubs Inappropriate Posts After Grok Chatbot Makes Antisemitic Comments: https://www.wfla.com/news/national/musks-ai-company-scrubs-inappropriate-posts-after-grok-chatbot-makes-antisemitic-comments
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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.
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