Deepfake technology is a type of artificial intelligence used to create convincing fake images, videos and audio recordings Deepfakes refer to synthetic media, primarily images, videos, and audio, that are manipulated using advanced artificial intelligence (ai) techniques to create highly realistic, yet fabricated, content. The term describes both the technology and the resulting bogus content and is a portmanteau of deep learning and fake.
Deepfake technology can seamlessly stitch anyone in the world into a video or photo they never actually participated in. The term “deepfake” was first coined in late 2017 by a reddit user of the same name. A deepfake is synthetic media, including images, videos, and audio, generated by artificial intelligence (ai) technology that portray something that does not exist in reality or events that have never occurred.
