Welcome back to The FAIK Files! When tech gets weird, we're here to help make sense of it all.
In this week's show:
Mason shares his perspective on "Where the Robots Grow" --which is claimed to be "one of the first fully AI-animated feature films."
Lisa Plaggemier from the National Cybersecurity Alliance talks to us about Romance Scams
And our AI dumpster fire of the week is Elon Musk's (somewhat desperate) grab for OpenAI
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*** NOTES AND REFERENCES ***
Where the Robots Grow (the first full-length animated feature created by AI?):
ElevenLabs write-up on LinkedIN
Full movie
IMDB Entry
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Interview:
Lisa Plaggemier's LinkedIn profile
National Cybersecurity Alliance (NCA) website
NCA Romance Scam info and toolkit
NCA Video Series: Kubikle
AI Dumpster Fire -- Elon Musk offers to buy Open AI for 97.4B:
WSJ: Elon Musk-Led Group Makes $97.4 Billion Bid for Control of OpenAI
Reuters: OpenAI's board has not received Musk's takeover bid, source says
Ars Technica: Sam Altman: OpenAI is not for sale, even for Elon Musk’s $97 billion offer
OpenAI: Elon Musk wanted an OpenAI for profit
OpenAI: OpenAI and Elon Musk
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