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. Want to leave us a voicemail? Here's the magic link to do just that: https://sayhi.chat/FAIK You can also join our Discord server here: https://faik.to/discord *** 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/ *** 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. Here's how: Connect with Perry: Perry on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/perrycarpenter Perry on X: https://x.com/perrycarpenter Perry on BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/perrycarpenter.bsky.social Connect with Mason: Mason on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mason-amadeus-a853a7242/ Mason on BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/wickedinterest.ing Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices