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:

https://futureoflife.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/AI-Safety-Index-Report_011225_Full_Report_Digital.pdf

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:

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/dr-milagros-miceli-02322b6a_the-emotional-labor-behind-ai-intimacy-remember-activity-7404164504541917184-sk1d/

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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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