Word
deepfake
Definition
n. A fake video or audio clip made by AI that looks or sounds real but isn't.
n. Synthetic media generated or altered by AI to convincingly depict a person saying or doing something that did not occur.
Examples
“Deepfakes can be created using machine-learning techniques.”
“The video was identified as a deepfake.”
Examples
simple
“Deepfakes can be created using machine-learning techniques.”
contextual
“The video was identified as a deepfake.”
Real-World Examples
“With deepfakes on the rise, forgery and deception are often viewed as distinctly modern problems—a new era of misinformation made possible by artificial intelligence.” “The narratives range from a deepfake Tom Cruise criticising the Paris Olympics to portraying a recent Russian attack on a train near the Ukraine-Poland border as a false-flag operation.” Etymology
Compound of deep learning + fake.
Original etymology written by Shinotoshi Nakamura.
Domain
Technology