Deepfake
noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A convincingly realistic but fake image, video, or audio created with the use of artificial intelligence, especially one that imposes the face of one person onto the body of someone else.
"Did you see that leaked sex tape with the actress? It turned out to be a deepfake, but it looked so realistic!"
- 1 To create or turn into a deepfake; to impersonate someone with a deepfake. transitive
"He deepfaked himself, no one suffered demonstrable harm from it and he admitted it when confronted."
Example
More examples"A comedian used Artificial Intelligence to generate a deepfake of former U.S. president Barack Obama."
Etymology
Blend of deep learning + fake. Coined in 2017 by Redditor u/deepfakes (account created on September 26, 2017), who had created a technique which could convincingly swap someone's face in a video using deep learning. The r/deepfakes subreddit was created on November 2, 2017. The word was first used as a noun and verb around December 2017.
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