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10 Language-to-English DictionariesDeepfake
/ˈdiːp.feɪk/Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
An image, video, or audio recording that has been maliciously manipulated or digitally generated by artificial intelligence to replace one person's likeness convincingly with that of another.
"Lawmakers are increasingly concerned about the potential misuse of deepfakes in political disinformation campaigns."
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To manipulate or replace visual or auditory media using deep learning algorithms to create a synthetic representation.
"The malicious actor attempted to deepfake the CEO's voice to authorize a fraudulent wire transfer."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
The term is a blend of 'deep learning' (referring to deep neural networks in machine learning) and 'fake'. It emerged around 2017 in online communities to describe synthetic media where a person in an existing image or video is replaced with someone else's likeness using artificial intelligence.
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hypertruquage
Transliteration: ee-pair-trü-kahzh
"Les hypertruquages posent une menace sérieuse pour la sécurité de l'information."
Deepfake
Transliteration: deep-fayk
"Dieses Video wurde als Deepfake entlarvt."
deepfake
Transliteration: dip-feyk
"La tecnologia dei deepfake rende difficile distinguere il vero dal falso."
ultrafalso
Transliteration: ul-tra-fal-so
"El video resultó ser un ultrafalso creado por inteligencia artificial."
deepfake
Transliteration: dip-fey-ki
"A imagem gerada por computador era um deepfake impressionante."
डीपफेक
Transliteration: deepfake
"सोशल मीडिया पर एक नया डीपफेक वीडियो वायरल हो रहा है।"
深度伪造
Transliteration: shèndù wěizào
"深度伪造技术给打击网络谣言带来了新的挑战。"
딥페이크
Transliteration: dip-peikeu
"경찰은 딥페이크 범죄에 대한 단속을 강화하기로 했다."
ディープフェイク
Transliteration: dīpufeiku
"ディープフェイク技術の悪用が社会問題となっています。"
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