Perplexity and API-based competitors

Welcome back to The FAIK Files!

In this week's episode:

   
• Join Perry & Brian's "The Mark & The Mask" Workshop: https://faik.to/Convene
   
• Sign up for Perry & Cameron's Deepfake Ops Course: https://faik.to/ops
   
• We discuss new reporting on OpenAI's push into advertising.
   
• A deep dive into deepfakes with Brian Brushwood, covering FBI warnings and voice scams.
   
• How medical AI is detecting patient demographics to make biased decisions.
   
• The rise of AI agents, from cybersecurity testing to vending machines.

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*** NOTES AND REFERENCES  ***

More Info About Adverts in ChatGPT:

   
• New Reporting from The Information: https://archive.ph/20251224233124/https://www.theinformation.com/articles/openais-ads-push-starts-taking-shape

Exploring Deepfakes with Brian Brushwood:

   
• Deepfakes will continue to be a thing: https://cyberscoop.com/fbi-says-ongoing-deepfake-impersonation-of-us-officials-dates-back-to-2023/
   
• https://chatgpt.com/share/694fa12a-f734-8011-9e2d-cc0293213f8a
   
• Deloitte study: https://www.deloitte.com/us/en/insights/industry/financial-services/deepfake-banking-fraud-risk-on-the-rise.html
   
• How LLM Voice Scams Work (feat. Perry): https://youtu.be/GfaioyLxprs?si=cbqzTNjVynB4m2MU
   
• We Are Not Ready for Deepfakes in 2026 (feat. Perry): https://youtu.be/TltS5ZbGtTA?si=7SXKicjeaRMf5E9G

Racism in Medical AI Strikes Again:

   
• Superhuman racism as AI detects patient demographics from cellular imaging, and makes biased decisions from there: https://futurism.com/health-medicine/ai-cancer-diagnostic-bias

AI agents are cool and scary:

   
• First – something different: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/endritrestelica_one-person-at-home-with-a-laptop-can-now-activity-7409971801482731520-xPN-/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_ios&rcm=ACoAAACFP34BmygIrgqg3f4FoDKNkg9fqXiChHc
   
• https://www.wired.com/story/expired-tired-wired-all-access-ai-agents/
   
• COMPARING AI AGENTS TO CYBERSECURITY PROFESSIONALS IN REAL-WORLD PENETRATION TESTING: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2512.09882
   
• AI Vending Machine - update: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpPhm7S9vsQ

*** 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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