Deepfakes and Political Narratives

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 now fooling major news outlets.
• An Australian radio group goes all-in on AI for its news media.
• AI enters our world in some very awkward ways, including weddings and chatbot religion.

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*** NOTES AND REFERENCES  ***

Can AI Get “Brain Rot”??:

• Sent in by discord member and future paperclip, Bullethead!
• The Authors’ Overview Page: https://llm-brain-rot.github.io
• The Paper: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2510.13928
• Wired Article: https://www.wired.com/story/ai-models-social-media-cognitive-decline-study/

Fox News reported AI videos as real news:

• https://www.readtpa.com/p/fox-news-ran-ai-generated-racist
• https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/fox-news-called-reporting-ai-210804379.html
• https://x.com/KFILE/status/1984673901872558291
• https://www.tiktok.com/@recent.news0/video/7557515461475257613

Australian Radio Group goes All-In on AI News:

• Sent in by discord community member and future paperclip, MoreBlessing!
• MediaWatch: https://www.abc.net.au/mediawatch/episodes/sca/105966556
• Statement from SCA: https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/1508c76699ebaecead8eb8d29cd485f6
• Recent Job Cuts Linked to AI: https://www.mediaweek.com.au/exclusive-ai-efficiencies-linked-to-recently-announced-sca-newsroom-cuts/

AI Entering our world in awkward ways (3 – or maybe 4 – quick hits):

• An AI wedding: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/luizajarovsky_breaking-this-32-year-old-woman-in-japan-ugcPost-7394398832010215424-hZVJ/
• ChatBot Jesus: https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-ai-plus-d22a8098-9105-4548-8975-1aeb376eb9f0.html
• Russia gets in on the humanoid robot game: https://www.facebook.com/reel/1354346988867939
• Bonus??? Truth Social AI bot turns against GOP narratives: https://youtu.be/0WQbLn_ehgY?si=mtQ4-SxPWvNhqJJx&t=79

*** 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.

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