Welcome back to The FAIK Files!
In this week's episode:
- We explore why RAM prices are skyrocketing and Micron's shift away from consumers.
- The Future of Life Institute releases their new AI Safety Report.
- Big partnerships: Adobe brings Photoshop to ChatGPT, and Disney invests $1 billion in OpenAI.
- A look at the hidden human labor powering "artificial" intimacy.
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*** NOTES AND REFERENCES ***
Why is RAM so damn expensive now?!:
- Great overview: https://www.techradar.com/pro/why-is-ram-so-expensive-right-now-its-more-complicated-than-you-think
- More about Micron ditching consumer sales: https://www.techradar.com/computing/memory/pc-component-crisis-just-got-worse-as-major-ram-maker-gives-up-on-consumers-and-cpu-price-hikes-are-rumored
Future of Life Institute’s new AI Safety Report is out:
Photoshop && Disney Inside ChatGPT:
- Adobe Press Release: https://news.adobe.com/news/2025/12/adobe-photoshop-express-acrobat-chatgpt
- How to try it: https://blog.adobe.com/en/publish/2025/12/10/edit-photoshop-chatgpt
- Disney inked a $1 BILLION deal with OAI: https://variety.com/2025/digital/news/disney-openai-deal-200-characters-to-sora-video-invests-1-billion-1236606401/
More “artificial” artificial intelligence:
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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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