Episode Description
Welcome back to The FAIK Files!
In this week's episode:
- Google wants to help people speak dolphin... and they have a new language model to prove it!
- Perry brings a couple fun headlines...
- And we interview Paul Vann and Justin Marciano of Validia.ai
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******* NOTES AND REFERENCES *******
Google is helping researchers trying to speak dolphin:
- Google's DolphinGemma project: https://blog.google/technology/ai/dolphingemma/
Quick-hit items:
- Authors Are Accidentally Leaving AI Prompts In their Novels: https://www.404media.co/authors-are-accidentally-leaving-ai-prompts-in-their-novels/
- What AI detection tools got wrong in the case of a photo tweeted by a French politician: https://observers.france24.com/en/france/20250521-artificial-intelligence-detection-tools-real-image-melenchon-reliability
Validia AI Interview with Paul Vann & Justin Marciano:
- Validia AI: https://validia.ai
- Paul Vann, Co-Founder & CTO
- Justin Marciano, Co-Founder & CEO
- Specializing in "live identity authentication in the virtual workspace"
- Know Your Employee (KYE) technology for real-time identity verification
- Winners of the 2024 Okta Startup Competition
******* 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
- Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2v1BelkrbSRSkHEP4cYffj?si=u4XTTY4pR4qEqh5zMNSVQA
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