DEEPFAKE Definition & Meaning

deepfake

Or deep fake

[deep-feyk]

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noun

a fake, digitally manipulated video or audio file produced by using deep learning, an advanced type of machine learning, and typically featuring a person’s likeness and voice in a situation that did not actually occur.
Pornographic deepfakes have caused real harm to women whose faces have been superimposed over those of porn actresses.

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of deepfake¹

First recorded in 2015–20; deep (learning) ( def. ) + fake ¹ ( def. )

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Harrison says she has also been receiving more and more messages from victims of deepfakes, which are videos, pictures or audio clips made with AI to look or sound real.

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Another concern is the use of AI to create deepfakes - highly realistic images or videos of celebrities - to scam or mislead people.

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In just a few years, we may well be living in a world populated by humanoid robots and deepfakes that seem conscious, according to Prof Seth.

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Hancock, a well-respected expert in the social harms of AI-generated deepfakes — photos, videos and recordings that seem to be the real thing but are convincingly fabricated — submitted a declaration that Ellison duly filed in court.

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Even the suggestion of an AI deepfake is now enough to cast doubt on anything, from the size of political rallies to legal culpability in criminal court.

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