A Practical Guide to Living in a World of Deepfakes, Disinformation, and AI-Generated Deceptions

FAIK, by Perry Carpenter, is a mass market book exposing the hidden forces shaping what we see, believe, and share in a post-truth world fueled by deepfakes, AI, and narrative manipulation. It’s not just about what’s real—it’s about what’s real enough to fool us.

IN PERSON TRAINING: Aug 2-5, Las Vegas

A training event like no other— for red teamers, security awareness pros, IT leaders, or anyone who wants to weaponize creativity, outmaneuver deception, & understand the cognitive battlefield.

Weapons grade deception has been democratized. It’s time for us to level-up our defenses.

Audio Podcast and YouTube Channel

The FAIK Files explores the mysterious and often wacky intersection of AI, technology, and humanity. From cognitive warfare to digital deception, we examine how AI is reshaping our reality through news, research, and real-world examples. Join us for a thought-provoking journey into a world where anything can be faked, truth is increasingly elusive, and human nature meets artificial intelligence head-on.

Newsletter

A newsletter about how we are fooled, how we fool ourselves, and what we can do about it.

Audio Podcast

An immersive podcast exploring online culture, internet monsters, memes, and everything in between.

VIDEO SERIES on The FAIK Files YouTube channel

Perry Carpenter guides viewers through how fake celebrity endorsement scams and political deepfakes are made, overviews of real-time deepfake tools, current deepfake detection methods, and more. This is continually updated.