Uploaded October 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
From ghost photos to UFO sightings, people have always been drawn to illusions. Deepfakes are the modern version—sharper, faster, and designed to exploit trust at scale. They’re already fueling disinformation campaigns, powering scams, and giving cybercriminals a powerful new playbook.
His book, FAIK: A Practical Guide to Living in a World of Deepfakes, Disinformation, and AI-Generated Deceptions, provides a crucial breakdown of the potential risks of generative AI and outlines strategies to avoid falling victim to its more sinister uses. Carpenter will pull back the curtain on how synthetic media manipulates belief, show live demonstrations of the latest tricks, and reveal what’s at stake for the future of truth and trust.
From ghost photos to UFO sightings, people have always been drawn to illusions. Deepfakes are the modern version—sharper, faster, and designed to exploit trust at scale. They’re already fueling disinformation campaigns, powering scams, and giving cybercriminals a powerful new playbook.
His book, FAIK: A Practical Guide to Living in a World of Deepfakes, Disinformation, and AI-Generated Deceptions, provides a crucial breakdown of the potential risks of generative AI and outlines strategies to avoid falling victim to its more sinister uses. Carpenter will pull back the curtain on how synthetic media manipulates belief, show live demonstrations of the latest tricks, and reveal what’s at stake for the future of truth and trust.
