A.I. Made The News Again
The FAIK Files
Study: Can LLMs Get Brain Rot?
Mason introduces and summarizes a study showing that low-quality social media training data degrades LLM reasoning and personality outputs.
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.
- 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
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